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The Battle of Copenhagen of 1801 (Danish: Slaget på Reden, meaning "the battle of the roadstead [of Copenhagen Harbour]"), also known as the First Battle of Copenhagen to distinguish it from the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, was a naval battle in which a British fleet fought and defeated a smaller force of the Dano-Norwegian Navy ...
Fischer, Olfert (1801). Danish official account of the Copenhagen battle. Boston: Massachusetts Federalist. OCLC 472188890. One copy extant in the Royal Danish Library (#KGL01002580387). Thomas Lyngby, Søren Mentz, Søren Nørby & Jakob Seerup: Danmarks største søhelte, Copenhagen, Gads Forlag, 2010, 280 pages. (in Danish) ISBN 978-87-12-04513-7
Nelson's fleet exchanges fire with the Danes, with the city of Copenhagen in the background This glass was one of a set commissioned by Lord Nelson to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Copenhagen. On the morning of 2 April 1801, Nelson began to advance into Copenhagen harbour. The battle began badly for the British, with HMS Agamemnon ...
Bombardment of Copenhagen (1428), by ships from six Northern German Hanseatic towns; Assault on Copenhagen (1659), a major battle during the Second Northern War, taking place during the siege of Copenhagen by the Swedish army. Battle of Copenhagen (1801), a naval battle between a British fleet and the Dano-Norwegian Navy
On 2 April 1801, Edgar took part in the Battle of Copenhagen. After passing down the Outer Channel in order to negotiate the southern tip of the Middle Ground shoal off the coast from Copenhagen, Edgar was leading Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's line, and was the first to commence firing, as soon as she was in range of the Danish Prövesteen.
In 1801 he was appointed to command the Baltic Fleet destined to break up the northern armed neutrality, with Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson as his second-in-command. Copenhagen, the first objective of the expedition, fell in the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801 to the fierce attack of Nelson's squadron – Parker, with the heavier ships ...
April 12–13 Battle of Fort Sumter – First battle of the war; May 7 Battle of Gloucester Point; May 18–19 Battle of Sewell's Point; May 29-June 1 Battle of Aquia Creek – First use of naval mines by Confederacy; June 5 Battle of Pig Point; June 27 Battle of Mathias Point; July 28 Sinking of the Petrel – Last naval battle involving a ...
The phrase to turn a blind eye is often associated with Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. An orchestrated version of what actually happened gives the story that during the battle, Admiral Sir Hyde Parker , in overall command of the British forces, sent a signal to Nelson's forces ordering them to discontinue the ...