Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Naiaden' (1796)

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Naiaden
Najaden
Nominal Guns	36	W006
Nationality	Denmark
Operator	Dano-Norwegian navy
Keel Laid Down	11.8.1795	E-WIKI
Launched	11.8.1796	E-WIKI
How acquired	Purpose built	E-WIKI
Shipyard	Unknown	W006
Designed by	Frantz Christopher Henrich HohlenbergDanish Designer Ship Builder Service 1765-1804	W006
Category	Fifth Rate	W006
Ship Type	Frigate	W006
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	W006
Captured	7.9.1807	W006
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Nyaden' (1807) (36) 1807-1812 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentRN-JT
Length of Gundeck140' 6"Danish Fod (Feet)43.9779 (135′ 10″ Imperial)
Breadth36' 0"Danish Fod (Feet)11.3076 (34′ 11″ Imperial)
Draught Aft14' 3"Danish Fod (Feet)4.417 (13′ 7″ Imperial)

Armament

8.1796Broadside Weight = 192 Danish Pund (209.856 lbs 95.9616 kg)RN-JT
Upper Gun Deck26 Danish 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle2 Danish 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck/Forecastle6 Danish 4-Pounder

2 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1797UnknownE-WIKI1797 - 1801KaptajnDA-WIKI

1 Commissioned Officer

DatesRankNameSource
1799 - 1801Sekondløjtnantref:1695

Service History

DateEventSource
2.5.1797

Arrived in Malta

DA-WIKI
16.5.1797Attack on Tripoli
15.8.1807Second Battle of Copenhagen
7.9.1807Taken by the British at the fall of Copenhagen

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

DA-WIKI Web Site

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

RN-JTJohn Tredrea, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

ref:1695 Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Tom Moffatt on Friday 8th of July 2016 19:34

The plans for this ship are held in Copenhagen at the Naval Archives. It had several revolutionary features as Hohlenberg's first design, including bowsprit more horizontal, slab sides, and poop corner design to allow firing on the stern quarters - all features to make it the top frigate in the Baltic. British made changes - and their lines drawn off and held at NMM Greenwich.

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