Swedish pram Alen 1618-1626

Built in 1618, last mentioned in 1626, with a crew numbering 10 men.

Source
Sveriges krig 1611-1632. Stockholm, 1937, bilagsband 1. 

Swedish pram Ornen also called Viborgs Ornen 1621-1624

Perhaps same ship as the Ornen of 1614, built in 1621, last mentioned in 1624, with a crew numbering 11 men.

Source
Sveriges krig 1611-1632. Stockholm, 1937, bilagsband 1. 

Swedish pram Lybska Hjorten 1599-1616

Built in 1599, last mentioned in 1616, an armament of 10 guns and a crew numbering 29 men.

Source
Sveriges krig 1611-1632. Stockholm, 1937, bilagsband 1. 

Danish naval preparations for war according to the Dutch newspaper Groninger Courant dated 29 March 1808

According to an item dated Copenhagen 16 March arrived in Denmark an allied army consisting of Dutch, French and Spanish troops. In Denmark continued the preparations for war fare continuously. The commanding officers of the new naval force were appointed and except for the gunboats were 10 armed vessels available. All the merchant ships which were lying there and which numbered between 181 until 240 and above were to report to become a crew and to prepare for service. In the Great Belt were 3 Danish brigs of war waiting.

An earlier edition dated 18 March supplied even more details. In an item dated Copenhagen 5 March was reported that of the so-called Scheeren fleet at Landskrona 18 vessels were ready to depart. These vessels were freed from the ice. To compensate the fleet handed over to the British were new armed vessels available. The gun prams Kempen, Swerdfisk and Lindormen were lying ready just like some gunboats and four East Indiamen were fitted out as frigates and armed with 36pdr guns and carronades. The engine for destroying ships which was recently invented deserved more attention that first was thought.(1) The inventor Winstrup (a guard soldier) was by his commanding officer general count of Bauaissin presented to the crown prince with as result that the prince ordered that the Admiralty would investigate the model of the engine. Sadly enough supplied the newspaper Koninklijke Courant dated 14 March 1808 the same details about this engine.

Note
1. Perhaps a ‘submerged’ ship like the famous Fulton in 1807 in New York showed? The spelling of the names in the news item was of course Dutch.

Danish navy handed over to England according to the Dutch newspaper Vriessche Courant dated 26 September 1807

An item dated Leeuwarden, Netherlands 25 September supplied a list of the Danish fleet to be taken over by England. The spelling of the names of the ships is in Dutch.

20 ships of the line: Christiaan VII, Waldemar and Neptunus of 80 guns, Denemarken, Kroonprinses-Maria, Justitia, Drie-Kronen, Skiold, Odin, Prinses Sophia-Frederika, Fuhnen and Mars of 74 guns, Kroonprins-Frederik and Erfprins-Frederik of 72 guns, Noorwegen of 60 guns, Seiren, Prinses Louise-Augusta and Dithmarschen of 64 guns and the Prins Christiaan Frederik and Prinses Karolina of 60 guns.

16 frigates armed with canons, carronades and howitzers: Iris of 42 guns, Freja and Havfruen of 4o guns, Parel and Venus of 38 guns, Najade of 36 guns, Rota of 34 guns, Fredriksvaern of 30 guns, Trito of 28 funs, Frederiksteen of 24 guns, Kleine Belt, Fylla and Diana of 20 guns and the Elbe, Eider and Gluckstad of 12 guns.

9 brigs: Glommen, Longen, Dolphyn and Fliegende Fisk of 20 guns, Sarpen and Neder-Elve of 18 guns and the Briefdvager, Fama and the Fehmern of 14 guns.

1-12 gun schooner Oernen.

17 Royal boats: Söwmne, Regeskyën and Rogebuen of 12 guns, Maagen of 10 guns, Makerelen and Vildanden of 8 guns, Egelykke, to Bröderen, Odderen, Sneglger, Stavner, Jonge Jacob, Jonge Jan, Dirk en Henrick, Speculazimer, Andreas and Aalborg-Vääre.

8 Söllings- or pilot boats: Terner, Allart, Grunstad, Telegrafen, Laurriger, Höger and Veddelöberen of 6 guns and the Syaler of 2 guns.

12 gunboats: Odensee, Christainsund, Nykiöbing, Langesund, Nascow, Arendal. Viborg, Aalborg, Stegs and Flensburg of 10 guns and the Stavurn and Vardöhus of 6 guns.

6-6 gun ghaloupen: Helsingför, Roskild, Corför, Prästö, Werdingborg and Fredriksund all of 6 guns.

5 gun yawls armed with one gun and 4 howitzers.

Floating defence consisting of the 4-20 gun prams Hayen, Sverdfisken, Lindormen and Kämpen.

Floating batteries consisting of the No. 2 with 24 guns, the unsinkable 16-gun frigate Hielperer and the 22-gun defence frigate St. Thomas.

For the defence of Copenhagen were also the 3 sea batteries Sextus, Drie Kroonen and Prövestenen available. The ships had a total armament of 2,183 guns, 202 carronades and 22 howitzers, the 3 batteries 100 heavy guns and 5 heavy mortars. Of the ships were just 83 in a condition to taken to sea. Sextus was armed with 42-36pdrs, 2-150pdr mortars, Drie Kroonen with 9-36pdrs, 59-24pdrs and 3-150pdr mortars and Prövestenen with 89-24pdrs.

Russian naval strength according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haarlemse Courant dated 10 February 1801

In an item dated Paris 5 February was reported that the Russian navy existed of 1-120 gun ship of the line, 7-110 guns, 22-74 guns, 20-66 guns, 27 frigates of 28-42 guns, 17 cutters of 12-18 guns, 503 gun chaloupes, 2 prams, 6 bomb galliots and 4 fire ships.

The Russian naval strength in October 1778

Isaac Schomberg published in 1802 a list of the Russian navy in the year 1778. A comparable list was published by William Coxe for the month October that year, adding where the ship was stationed. I used four websites for ‘correcting’ the spelling of the ships’ names.

Ships-of-the-line

Ezekiel, 80 guns, built 1773, stationed Cronstadt. The Ijezekil.

Isidor, 74 guns, built 1772, stationed Cronstadt. The Svjatoj Velikomucenik Isidor.

St. Andrew, 74 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt.

Clement, 74 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt.

Tchesmé, 74 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt.

Vladimer, 66 guns, built 1771, stationed Cronstadt. The Svjatoj Knjaz Vladimir.

Vekeslaf, 66 guns, built 1771, stationed Cronstadt. The Vjaceslav.

De Neiss, 66 guns, built 1772, stationed Cronstadt. The Deris.

America, 66 guns, built 1773, stationed Cronstadt. The Amerika.

Perislaf, 66 guns, built 1772, stationed Cronstadt. The Preslava.

Vsevolod, 66 guns, built 1769, stationed Cronstadt. The Vsevolod.

Demitri Donski, 66 guns, built 1771, stationed Cronstadt. The Dmitrij Donskij.

Pam and Eustatia, 66 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt. The Pamjat Evstafija.

Victor, 66 guns, built 1771,stationed Cronstadt. The Viktor.

Europa, 66 guns, built 1768, stationed Cronstadt. The Evropa.

Saratof, 66 guns, built 1765, stationed Cronstadt. The Saratov.

Pobeda, 66 guns, built 1770, stationed Cronstadt. The Pobeda.

Ratislof, 66 guns, built 1769, stationed Cronstadt. The Rotislav.

Miranostiz, 66 guns, built 1771, stationed Cronstadt. The Mironosic.

Pobidnasovitz, 66 guns, rebuilding at Cronstadt. The Svjatoj Georgiy Pobedonosets of 1770?

Count Orlof, 66 guns, built 1770, stationed at Revel. The Graf Orlov.

Alexander, 66 guns, built 1772, stationed at Revel. The Aleksandr Nevskij.

Boris and Glebb, 66 guns, built 1773, stationed at Revel. The Boris I Gleb.

Ingermanland, 66 guns, built 1773, stationed at Revel. The Ingermanlandija.

Asia, 66 guns, built 1773, stationed at Revel. The Azia.

Unknown, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

Ditto, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

Ditto, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

Ditto, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

Ditto, 66 guns, stationed Cronstadt, built 1777.

At St. Petersburg 2-74 gun ships ready to launch and one building

At St. Petersburg 1-66 gun ship ready to launched at 4-66 gun ships building

Frigates

St. Michael, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774. The S. Michail.

Kastevoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774.

Leeskoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774.

Pospeskoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774. The Pospeshniy?

Bohemia, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774. According to Wikepedia the 26 gun Bohemia, purchased in Livorno 1775, built 1768, former Austrian?, broken up 1796

Hungaria, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1774. According to Wikepedia the 26-gun Ungaria, purchased in Livorno 1775, built 1766, former Austrian?, broken up 1796

Nordeskoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1769.

Eustatia, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1768.

Pomosknoi, 32 guns, stationed at Cronstadt, built 1768.

St. Mark, 20 guns, stationed St. Petersburg, ready to launched

Ready to launch at St. Petersburg a 28-gun frigate and a 20-gun frigate

Building 3-20 gun frigates at Archangel

Prames

Elephant, 36 guns.

Unkown, 36 guns.

Leopold, 18 guns.

Barsa or Borsa, 18 guns.

Galleys 101 at St. Petersburg, 3 at Cronstadt and 5 at Revel.

Sources

Isaac Schomberg. Naval chronology or an historical summary of Naval maritime Events, from the time of The Romans, to the treaty of Peace 1802. London, 1802,l p. 156-157. Digitalized by Google.

William Coxe. Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden and Danmark; illustrated with charts and engravings, vol III, 5th edition. London 1802, p. 367-368.

www.3decks.pbworks.com

www.oceanie.pbworks.com

Sailing warships at www.koti.mbnet.fi

List of Russian sail frigates, published on www.en.Wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia