HDMS Indfødsretten

Indfødsretten [4](Danish, lit. Citizenship) was a 64-gun ship of the line in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy commissioned in 1787. She was one of a class of five ships designed and constructed by naval architect Henrik Gerner.[3] [Note 1]

History
Name: Indfødsretten
Namesake: Citizenship (Danish)
Builder: Henrik Gerner, Nyholm, Copenhagen
Laid down: 27 April 1786
Launched: 1787
Captured: by British Royal Navy, 2 April 1801
Fate: Burnt April 1801
General characteristics [1][2]
Type: Ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1,016 tons
Length: 158 ft (48 m)
Beam: 43 ft (13 m)
Draught: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Complement: 559
Armament:
  • 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • 12 × 8-pounder guns[3]

During the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801, this blockship was commanded by Captain A. de Thurah with a complement of 394 sailors. The ship suffered heavy casualties in the battle; 21 were killed and 41 wounded. The ship struck her colours at 15.00.[5][6] After her capture, Indfødsretten was burnt, along with all the other captured Danish warships except Holsteen.[3]

Notes
  1. The earlier ship of this name, Indfødsretten (1775), disappeared in the Atlantic in 1783

References
  1. "Indfødsretten (1786)". Royal Danish Naval Museum (in Danish). 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. Danish Naval Museum - Indfødsretten - a single technical drawing can be seen by clicking "Vis"
  3. Laursen, Gert (2008). "The Wreck of the 'Oldenborg". milhist.dk. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  4. Record card for Indfødsretten (1786)
  5. Toft, 1893 p.21
  6. Admiral Lord Nelson and his Navy

Bibliography
  • Toft, Peter (1893). The United Service. L.R.Hamersly & Co., Philadelphia. p. 611. Url

See also


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