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Saturday 3 September 2011

The Danish naval strength according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamse Courant dated 27 October 1803

According to a tiding dated Copenhagen 15 October consisted the Danish navy of 19 ships of the line (1-90, 2-80, 12-74, 4-64), 15 frigates of different sizes, 8 brigs, 1 cutter, 1 chebecq, 1 armed yacht and 13 gunboats, totally 58 units with a total armament of 2,104 guns. On stocks were 3-74 gun ships of the line, 1-40 gun frigate, 1-36 gun frigate, 2 smaller frigates and a brig. Yesterday left the frigate Friedrichsteen towards the West Indies.