Channel Buoys — Copenhagen 2 April 1801

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A sounding boat marking a night channel. No people.

Overview

The grounding is already on the Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview, King’s Deep Soundings — Copenhagen 1 April 1801, and HMS Agamemnon — Overview. At dawn on 2 April 1801, HMS Agamemnon — Overview, Bellona, and Russell ran aground entering the channel — possibly because the Danes had moved the channel buoys — cutting the inshore force from twelve to nine.¹

The Grounding

This note covers that buoy-and-grounding fact only. Bellona and Russell stay grounding-only. They are not written here as rated ships. Parker’s London stays off this page as a rated ship.

Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory had sounded the King’s Deep overnight on 1 April from HMS St George — 98-gun Second Rate. Nelson transferred into HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate. Celestial theory, Harrison, and the 1807 bombardment stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 374–408
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• King’s Deep Soundings — Copenhagen 1 April 1801
• HMS Agamemnon — Overview

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• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
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• HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate
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• Telescope — Copenhagen 2 April 1801
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Footnotes

1. Agamemnon, Bellona, and Russell aground entering the channel; possibly moved buoys; twelve cut to nine: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview, King’s Deep Soundings — Copenhagen 1 April 1801, and HMS Agamemnon — Overview. ↩

2. Hardy overnight soundings 1 April; St George too deep; transfer to Elephant: same notes. Bellona and Russell = grounding only. Do not invent a buoy pattern, a chart number, or an 1807 bombardment. ↩