HDMS Triton (1790)

History
Denmark
Name	Triton
Builder	Stibolt of Nyholm, Copenhagen
Launched	7 August 1790
Commissioned	1793
Notes	"Embargoed" by the British in 1801 in the Mediterranean Captured at the Battle of Copenhagen (1807) and burnt soon thereafter.
General characteristics
Displacement	456½ Lst
Length	130 ft (40 m)
Beam	34 ft (10 m)
Draught	14 ft 10 in (4.52 m)aft 13 ft 8 in forward
Sail plan	Frigate
Complement	263 men
Armament	24 × 12-pounder cannon, 6 × 12-pounder howitzers[1]

HDMS Triton was a Danish frigate launched in 1790 which operated in Danish/Norwegian home waters and in the Mediterranean in the protection of Danish merchant ships - not only from Barbary pirates but also from potential British privateers. The period in which it operated was fraught with political and practical difficulties (see First League of Armed Neutrality and its successors) which led to two battles at Copenhagen (1801 and 1807) and other, lesser, actions.