HDMS Holsteen
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Nassau.
Holsteen[lower-alpha 1] was a 60-gun ship of the line in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. She was commissioned in 1775 and the British Royal Navy captured her in the Battle at Copenhagen Roads on 2 April 1801. The British renamed the ship HMS Holstein, and later HMS Nassau. She participated in one major battle during the Gunboat War and was sold in 1814.
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A contemporary drawing of Holsteen | |
History | |
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Denmark & Norway | |
Name | Holsteen or Holsten[1] |
Builder | Frederik Michael Krabbe, Nyholm, Copenhagen |
Laid down | 23 March 1770 |
Launched | 11 April 1772 |
Commissioned | 1775 |
Out of service | 2 April 1801 |
Fate | Taken by the British at first Battle of Copenhagen (1801) |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Holstein, renamed Nassau in 1805 |
Acquired | By capture by the British at first Battle of Copenhagen (1801) |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Nassau 22 March 1808"[2] |
Fate | Sold 1814 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Holsteen-class ship of the line |
Displacement | 1.01 Læster (=2,020 tons) |
Tons burthen | 139474⁄94 (bm) |
Length | 48.65 m (159.6 ft) |
Beam | 13.70 m (44.9 ft) |
Draught | 6.04 m (19.8 ft) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
General characteristics (Danish service) | |
Complement | 373–470 crew, plus 100 soldiers |
Armament | |
General characteristics (British service[3]) | |
Complement | 491 seamen and marines |
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