Copenhagen — Denmark

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A northern capital seen across an anchorage. Not a photograph of the city.

Overview

Copenhagen is the Danish capital already on the Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. On 2 April 1801 Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview led an inshore squadron through the King’s Deep to attack the Danish defensive line off this city — hulks, blockships, and floating batteries under Fischer Olfert — Danish Commodore, with Trekroner Fort in support.¹

The Place

This note covers 2 April 1801. Founding, docks, and the 1807 bombardment are not on a licensed page here. The unused roadmap title Copenhagen — City Under Bombardment 1807 stays a roadmap item.

The battle overview already treats the Danish force as a static line off the city, not a sea-going fleet, and names the channel the King’s Deep. Three British ships ran aground entering it. Hyde Parker — British Admiral lay about three miles out in HMS London. HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate was the inshore flag.²

Outcome Here

Four hours of gunnery silenced most of the line. Nelson’s truce letter went ashore to the Danish Crown Prince. The armistice signed 9 April, on the battle note, reopened the Baltic to British naval stores. That is why this city sits in the Age of Sail graph — not as a general capital history.³

Sources

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

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Geography_Places
• Cities_Regions_Index — first primary note in an empty cities room

Same Battle

• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• Hyde Parker — British Admiral
• HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate
• Fischer Olfert — Danish Commodore — Danish line commander
• Trekroner Fort — Copenhagen — ~70 guns behind the static line

Cross-Domain

• Aboukir Bay — Egypt
• Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port
• Cape Trafalgar — Geography
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Line of Battle — Naval Tactic

Footnotes

1. City, King’s Deep, static line, Fischer, Trekroner: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. ↩

2. Groundings, three-mile distance, Elephant: same battle note. ↩

3. Truce, 9 April armistice, Baltic stores: same battle note. Do not add 1807 or a founding year until a page is licensed. ↩