Fischer Olfert — Danish Commodore

Generated portrait. Not a historical photograph.

Overview

Olfert Fischer commanded the Danish defensive line at the Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview on 2 April 1801. The battle overview already says this was not a sea-going fleet: eighteen hulks, blockships, and floating batteries anchored bow-to-stern off Copenhagen — Denmark, with Trekroner Fort (about 70 guns) and other shore batteries in support.¹

Career and Key Roles

This note covers 2 April 1801, not a full life. Birth, earlier service, and later years stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview attacked that line from HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate through the King’s Deep. Hyde Parker — British Admiral lay about three miles out. Four hours of gunnery silenced most of the line; Nelson’s truce went ashore to the Danish Crown Prince. Fischer’s own words and movements during the action are not on a licensed page here.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 374–408
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview

Related

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Discovered From

• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview

Same Battle

• Hyde Parker — British Admiral
• Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview
• HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate
• HMS Agamemnon — Overview — ran aground entering the channel
• Copenhagen — Denmark
• Trekroner Fort — Copenhagen — ~70 guns behind the static line

Cross-Domain

• Line of Battle — Naval Tactic
• Age of Sail — Era Overview

Footnotes

1. Static line, 18 hulls, Trekroner ~70 guns: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. ↩

2. Elephant, King’s Deep, Parker distant, truce: same battle note. Do not add life dates until a page is licensed. ↩