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HDMS Søormen (1789)

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Not all the Spaniards got away. Two squadrons of Spanish cavalry based as far away as Horsens on Jutland tried, on 10 August 1808, to make their way to Nyborg, but were stopped at the Little Belt crossing where Danish and French troops had reacted quickly to prevent further deserters crossing to the
351:. Keats then prepared to take possession of the port and to organize the departure of the Spanish. Keats informed the Danish authorities that if they did not impede the operation he would spare the town. The Danes agreed, except for the captains of two small Danish warships in the harbour. 449:, but a blinding snowstorm developed that obliterated the sight of land. She grounded at about 4 am on 23 December, a little east of Ystad. In the morning boats came out from the town and salvaged what they could. By nightfall it was clear that 374:, of 12 guns and under the command of Thøger Emil Rosenørn. Despite the odds Rasch and Rosenørn decided to resist. British losses were an officer killed and two men wounded; the Danes lost seven men killed and 13 wounded before they 886: 431:- three Swedish naval vessels and twelve merchant vessels. Unfortunately, the convoy left after an unusually severe winter had set in. Furthermore, a storm coming from the north drove already formed ice onto the convoy. 839:
Medals of the British navy and how they were won: with a list of those officers, who for their gallant conduct were granted honorary swords and plate by the Committee of the Patriotic Fund
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T. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard (1935) "Officerer i den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den danske Søetat 1814-1932". (Danish Naval Officers) Two volumes. Download
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was part of the escort of the last British convoy of the year leaving the Baltic. She was in company with four other British warships - the frigate
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The British organized the evacuation of the Spanish troops using some 50 or so local boats. Some 10,000 troops returned to Spain via Britain.
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The Spanish Division of the North sent to fight the British in Denmark pledging to turn against France and side with the British
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Individual record cards in Danish for ships of the Danish Royal Navy can often (but not always) be found at the internet site
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When word of the uprising of the Spanish against the French in 1808 reached Denmark, some 12,000 Spanish troops of the
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was unrecoverable and her crew abandoned her. Next morning she was discovered to be full of water up to her
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decided that they wished to leave French service and return to Spain. The Marquis contacted Rear-Admiral
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Memoirs and correspondence of Admiral Lord De Saumarez: From original papers in possession of the family
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at which details, drawings and models may be available. For individual ships already listed, including
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also being lost, as were most of the merchantmen, many of which the Danes captured or destroyed.
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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with clasp "11 Aug. Boat Service 1808" to all surviving claimants of the action.
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s yards and rigging and washed one man overboard. Duncan steered her towards
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and on 9 August 1808 the Spaniards seized the fort and town of
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Danish service: 8 × 4-pounder guns + 4 × 12-pounder howitzers
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and appointed Lieutenant Andrew Duncan to command her.
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British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859
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Medals and decorations of the British Army and Navy
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London: Norie & Wilson. 1565:Shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea 787:The Danish Naval Museum has 284:in 1803) from 1801 to 1803. 755:Ross (1838), Vol. 2, p.130. 731:Mayo (1897), Vol. 2, p.304. 380:Naval General Service Medal 240:. She was wrecked in 1809. 119:11 August 1808 (by capture) 1586: 1560:Maritime incidents in 1809 846:Mayo, John Horsley (1897) 127:foundered 23 December 1809 1550:Cutters of the Royal Navy 1545:Ships built in Copenhagen 1495: 1471:December (unknown date): 1424:December (unknown date): 1083:February (unknown date): 836:Long, William H. (1895). 817:Hepper, David J. 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Index

HMS Salorman (1808)
Danish Navy Ensign
Royal Navy Ensign
United Kingdom
Cutter
bm
cutter
Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy
Royal Navy
Ernst Stibolt
Great Belt
Nyborg
Brevdrageren
mail boat
Frederick VI of Denmark
The pledge of the troops of the Marques de la Romana (1808)
Division of the North
Marquis de la Romana
Keats
Superb
Kattegat
a plan
Nyborg
Edgar
James Macnamara
Fama
struck
Naval General Service Medal
Salsette
brig-sloop

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