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The Fleets

The following are lists of the British and Danish ships that fought at the Battle of Copenhagen.

The British, Admiral Hyde Parker

Parker's Division

Ship (guns) Commander
London (98) (Flagship) Admiral Sir Hyde Parker
First Captain William Dommett
Second Captain Robert Otway
St George (98) Captain Thomas Hardy*
Brunswick (74) Captain GH Stephens
Defence (74) Captain Lord Henry Paulet
Raisonable (64) Captain John Dilkes
Ramilies (74) Captain James Dixon
Saturn (74) Captain Robert Lambert
Vengeance (74) Captain George Duff
Veteran (64) Captain Archibald Dickinson
Warrior (74) Captain Charles Tyler
Zealous (74) Captain Richard Retalick

* Captain Hardy volunteered to go with Nelson on to the Elephant.

Nelson's Division

Ship (guns) Commander
Elephant (74) (Flagship) Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
Captain Thomas Foley
Defiance (74) Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves (2nd in command to Nelson)
Ganges (74) Captain Thomas Fremantle
Edgar (74) Captain George Murray
Bellona (74) Captain Thomas Thompson
Russell (74) Captain William Cuming
Monarch (74) Captain James Mosse
Agamemnon (64) Captain Robert Fancourt
Ardent (64) Captain Thomas Bertie
Polyphemus (64) Captain John Lawford
Glatton (54) Captain William Bligh
Isis (50) Captain James Walker
Amazon (frigate, 38) Captain Edward Riou
Blanche (frigate, 36) Graham Hamond
Alcmene (frigate, 32) Captain Samuel Sutton
Desiree (frigate, 40) Captain Henry Inman
Jamaica (frigate, 24) Captain Jonas Rose
Arrow (20) Captain William Bolton
Dart (30) Captain John Devonshire
Cruiser (brig-sloop, 16) James Brisbane
Harpy (brig-sloop, 16) William Birchall
Discovery (bomb vessel, 8) John Conn
Explosion (bomb vessel, 8) John Martin
Hecla (bomb vessel, 8) Richard Hatherhill
Sulphur (bomb vessel, 8) Hender Whitter
Terror (bomb vessel, 8) Samuel Rowley
Volcano (bomb vessel, 8) James Watson
Zebra (bomb vessel, 8) Edward Sneyd Clay
Otter (fireship) George McKinley
Zephyr (fireship) Clotworthy Upton

Sources: Nelson's Flagship at Copenhagen, published by The Nelson Society; Three Decks

The Danish Fleet, Commodore Olfert Fischer

The Danish fleet consisted of several vessels known as blockships, which were old ships dismantled and moored so as to provide a sort of armed barricade.  There were also 'radeaus', which were basically just floating batteries, and a couple of transports fitted out with guns. 

The Defensive Line

No. Ship (guns) Type Commander
9 Dannebrog (62) Blockship Commodore Olfert Fischer (flagship)
Captain F. Broun
1 Provestein (56) Blockship Captain Lassen
2 Vagrien (48) Blockship Aid-de-Camp Risbrigh
3 Rendsborg (20) Transport Captain-Lieut Egede
4 Nyborg (20) Transport Captain-Lieut Rothe
5 Jylland (48) Blockship Captain Brandt
6 Suerfisken (20) Radeau Lieut. Sommerfeldt
7 Kronborg (22) Blockship Lieutenant Hauch
8 Hagen (20) Radeau Lieutenant Moller
10 Elven (6) Frigate Lieutenant Holsteen
11 Grenier's float (24) Radeau Lieutenant Willemoes
12 Aggershuus (20) Transport Lieutenant Fasting
13 Sjaelland (74) Ship-of-the-Line Captain Harboe
14 Charlotte Amalia (26) Blockship Captain Kofod
15 Sohesteen (18) Radeau Lieutenant Middlebo
16 Holsteen (60) Ship-of-the-Line Captain Ahrenfeldt
17 Indfodstratten (64) Blockship Captain Thura
18 Iljelperen (20) Frigate Capt-Lieut Lillienshield

Ships Defending the Harbour Mouth, commanded by Chamberlain Stein Bille

No. Ship (guns) Type Commander
19 Elephanten (70) Blockship Captain Von Thura
20 Mars (64) Blockship Captain Gyldenfeldt
21 Dannemark (74) Ship-of-the-Line Chamberlain Stein Bille
22 Trekoner (74) Ship-of-the-Line Captain Riegelsten
23 Iris (40) Frigate Captain W. Brown
24 Sarpen (18) Brig  
25 Nidelven (18) Brig  

Source: Commodore Olfert Fischer's report, as printed in The Dispatches and Letters of Lord Nelson Vol. IV, Nicolas

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