HDMS Sarpen (1791)

Nayaden and Sarpen frigates in a fight with corsairs off Tripoli, 16 May 1797
History
Denmark-Norway
Name	Sarpen
Namesake	Sarp Falls
Builder	Stibolt at Tønsberg, Norway[1]
Launched	24 September 1791
Fate	Surrendered to the British after the Battle of Copenhagen
United Kingdom
Name	Sarpen
Acquired	Captured from Denmark 7 September 1807
Commissioned	1808
Fate	Broken up August 1811
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Lougen-class brig
Tons burthen	3082⁄94 (bm)
Length	94 ft 5 in (28.8 m) (gundeck) 77 ft 6+1⁄8 in (23.6 m)(keel)
Beam	27 ft 4 in (8.3 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
Complement	100 in British service
Armament	16 × 24-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

HDMS Sarpen was a brig of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, in which she served from 1791 until the British seized her in 1807. While in Dano-Norwegian service she participated in an indecisive action at Tripoli, North Africa. She served the Royal Navy as HMS Sarpen from 1808 until 1811 when she was broken up. During her brief British service she participated in the Walcheren Expedition. Her name is that of a waterfall on the Norwegian river Glomma.