HDMS Holsteen

A contemporary drawing of Holsteen
History
Denmark & Norway
NameHolsteen or Holsten[1]
BuilderFrederik Michael Krabbe, Nyholm, Copenhagen
Laid down23 March 1770
Launched11 April 1772
Commissioned1775
Out of service2 April 1801
FateTaken by the British at first Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
United Kingdom
NameHolstein, renamed Nassau in 1805
AcquiredBy capture by the British at first Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Nassau 22 March 1808"[2]
FateSold 1814
General characteristics
Class and typeHolsteen-class ship of the line
Displacement1.01 Læster (=2,020 tons)
Tons burthen13947494 (bm)
Length48.65 m (159.6 ft)
Beam13.70 m (44.9 ft)
Draught6.04 m (19.8 ft)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
General characteristics (Danish service)
Complement373–470 crew, plus 100 soldiers
Armament
  • Lower deck: 24 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper deck: 24 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD & Fc: 12 × 8-pounder guns
General characteristics (British service[3])
Complement491 seamen and marines
Armament
  • Lower deck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper deck: 24 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 × 24-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

Holsteen[a] was a 60-gun ship of the line in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. She was commissioned in 1775 and the British Royal Navy captured her in the Battle at Copenhagen Roads on 2 April 1801. The British renamed the ship HMS Holstein, and later HMS Nassau. She participated in one major battle during the Gunboat War and was sold in 1814.

  1. ^ Danish Naval Museum website – Holsteen click "vis" for technical drawings
  2. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. pp. 241–243.
  3. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 108.


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