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HDMS Najaden (1811)

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Fregatten Najaden, af H. Schiøler.jpg
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	Denmark-Norway
flag	[[File:Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg	60px	Danish Navy Ensign]]
builder	Hohlenberg at Nyholm, Copenhagen
laid_down	August 1808
launched	26 October 1811
in_service	29 February 1812
fate	Destroyed in battle, 6 July 1812
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class	Frigate
tons_burthen	1202
length	143 ft
beam	36 ft
draught	*15 ft aft
*{{convert	14	ft	10	in	abbr	on}} fore
propulsion	sail
complement	336 men
armament	26 × 18-pounder guns + 6 × 18-pounder carronades + 4 × 6-pounder guns

14 ft fore

'*HDMS *Najaden''''' was a frigate in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy. She was commissioned in 1811 and originally carried 36 guns, later being upgraded to 42. She served briefly during the Gunboat War only seeing action once, when on 6 July 1812 the British ship of the line and the sank her during the Battle of Lyngør. The Battle of Lyngør effectively ended Denmark's involvement in the Napoleonic Wars.

Origin

During their occupation of Copenhagen in 1807, British forces destroyed a partially built Dano-Norwegian ship of the line by hacking away the supports so that the ship fell on her port side, which crushed most of her timbers. The starboard side was essentially intact however, and the Dano-Norwegians used these timbers to build a new frigate – the Najaden.The name translates as "Water Nymph" - see mythology Naiad.

Career

During her entire short life, Najadens captain was the Danish naval officer Hans Peter Holm. Her maiden voyage on 29 February 1812 (a leap year) had been delayed by one day because the ship grounded whilst leaving Copenhagen harbour. She then dragged an anchor on arrival in Brekkestø, Norway, which led to rudder damage on rocks, which further delayed her entry on active service. Still, on this short voyage the ship had achieved a good average speed of ten knots. Then yet more early storm damage curtailed training of the crew.

Battle of Lyngør

Main article: Battle of Lyngør

Najadens captain, Hans Peter Holm, also commanded the squadron that consisted of the three brigs - Kiel, Lolland (or Laaland) and Samsøe. Eyeing an opportunity to enforce the blockade and break the back of Dano-Norwegian seapower, the British deployed the 64-gun third-rate ship-of-the-line and three brigs, the 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop , 14-gun brig-sloop and the 14-gun gun-brig .

Within 45 minutes of the commencement of the action, Najaden had sunk, having suffered 133 dead and 82 wounded. Captain Holm survived, only to drown in an accident a few months later. The battle resumed as Norwegian gunboats found their way into Lyngør. At 2 a.m. on July 7, Dictator, which had grounded, pulled herself off and departed from the battleifeld. The British took Lolland and Kiel as prizes but had to abandon them after the two vessels grounded. The British did not set fire to either as they still had their crews and wounded aboard. The action cost Dictator five killed and 24 wounded, Calypso three killed, one wounded and two missing, and Flamer one killed and one wounded. Overall, the Danish recorded their losses as 300 men killed or wounded.

Notes

References

[http://www.orlogsbasen.dk/ Danish Naval Museum] [http://www.orlogsbasen.dk/base.htm database] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-03-28 [https://web.archive.org/web/20051101213137/http://www.orlogsbasen.dk/visskib.asp?skib=Najaden&la=1 Najaden] including design plans and model)
Record Card for [https://web.archive.org/web/20051029063256/http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/N/pages/Najaden(1811).htm Najaden]
{{London Gazette. (14 Jul 1812)

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