| | NAVAL HISTORY |
| 1801 |
LORD NELSON AT COPENHAGEN. | 77 |
alone. In the British accounts, the Danish alleged loss by shot is mixed up with the loss by prisoners taken; and the whole is made to amount to about 6000 men.
The following table, besides showing how the Danish vessels were disposed of, places the British ships, from the Polyphemus downwards, in the order in which they anchored; nor does the station of each of the latter, in reference to her opponent or opponents in the Danish line, materially vary from what it really was. A column for the official numerical loss, and another, to the best of our ability, for the surviving first lieutenant, of each British ship engaged, have also been added
| DANISH. |
How disposed of |
BRITISH |
LOSS |
First Lieutenants |
| |
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|
K |
W |
|
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|
Désirée |
- |
4 |
Andrew King |
| |
|
Russel |
- |
6 |
Samuel Bateman |
| |
|
Bellona |
11 |
72 |
John Delafons |
| Provesteen |
Taken and burnt, having been forsaken when the guns were useless. |
Polyphemus |
6 |
25 |
Edward Hodder |
| Wagner |
Isis |
33 |
88 |
Robert Tinkler |
| Rensburg |
Driven on the shoals, and burnt by the British. |
| Nyburg |
Escaped ; afterwards sank |
Edgar |
31 |
111 |
Joshua Johnson |
| Jutland |
Taken and burnt by the British. |
Ardent |
30 |
64 |
Andrew Mott |
| Suersishen |
| Cronburg |
| Hajen |
| Dannebrog |
Caught fire, and blew up after the action. |
| Elwen |
Escaped. |
Glatton |
18 |
37 |
Rob. Brown Tom |
| Grenier's float |
| Aggerstans |
Ditto, and afterwards sank |
Elephant |
10 |
13 |
Wm. Wilkinson |
| Zealand |
Driven under the Trekroner battery, and taken; afterwards burnt. |
| Char. Amelia |
Taken and afterwards burnt. |
Ganges |
7 |
1 |
William Morce |
| Sohesten |
| Holstein |
Taken; put in sailing condition and carried away. |
Monarch |
56 |
164 |
John Yelland |
| Indosforethen |
Taken, and afterwards burnt |
| Hielpern |
Escaped |
Defiance |
24 |
51 |
David Mudie |
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|
Amazon |
14 |
23 |
Jos. Ore Masefield |
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|
Blanche |
7 |
9 |
Thos. McCulloch |
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|
Alcmène |
5 |
19 |
Rt. Wal. Dunlop. |
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Dart |
3 |
1 |
Richard Hawkes |
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|
253 |
688 |
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