HDMS Hielperen

History
Name:	Hielperen
Commissioned:	1787
Decommissioned:	1806
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Complement:	269
Armament:	20 guns

Hielperen (or Hjelperen) (literally: the Helper)[1] was a 16-gun defence frigate in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. Commissioned in 1787, she took part in the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801 against the British Royal Navy. During the battle, the ship had a crew of 269 sailors, six of whom wounded in the battle, and was commanded by Lt. Peter-Carl Lilienskjöld.[2] The ship took a severe beating but the crew managed to cut the ship's cables and escape to the safety of Copenhagen Harbour. The ship withdrew from combat at 1 PM. Hielperen served in the Danish Navy until 1806.

References

Notes

Danish Naval Museum - Hielperen - for technical drawings and model, follow link and click "vis"
Coladores, T. (2005). "Die Seeschlacht vor Kopenhagen 1801 - Nelson versus Fischer". coladores.co.funpic.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

Bibliography

Laursen, Gert (2005). "Danish Military History : Hjelperen". milhist.dk. Archived from the original on March 10, 2005.

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[1] Danish Naval Museum - Hielperen - for technical drawings and model, follow link and click "vis"

[2] Coladores, T. (2005). "Die Seeschlacht vor Kopenhagen 1801 - Nelson versus Fischer". coladores.co.funpic.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 24 June 2012.