HDMS Justitia (1777)

An illustration of Justitia
History
Denmark & Norway
Name	Justitia
Namesake	Justitia
Builder	Henrik Gerner, Nyholm, Copenhagen
Laid down	8 June 1776[1]
Launched	2 September 1777[1]
Commissioned	1780
Out of service	1807
Fate	Taken by the British at second Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
General characteristics
Class and type	Prindsesse Sophia Frederica Class ship of the line[2]
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
United Kingdom
Name	Justitia
Acquired	By capture by the British at second Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
Fate	Broken up 1817
General characteristics (British service)[1]
Tons burthen	175811⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 174 ft 3 in (53.1 m) Keel: 124 ft 2+1⁄2 in (37.9 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 9 in (6.0 m)
Complement	590
Armament	Lower deck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades Round house:6 × 18-pounder carronades

HDMS Justitia was a Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy ship-of-the-line, built to a design by Henrik Gerner.^[3] Although launched in 1777, she was not fully commissioned until 1780.^[4] The British Royal Navy seized her in 1807, together with the rest of the Danish fleet after the second battle of Copenhagen. The British never commissioned Justitia. A renaming to Orford in 1809 was cancelled. She was broken up in 1817.