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HMS Fridericksteen
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HDMS Friderichssteen or HMS Frederichsteen was a Danish Navy frigate, built in 1800, and captured by the Royal Navy in 1807 at the Battle of Copenhagen. She was taken into service as HMS Fredericksteen (or Frederickstein) and served in the Mediterranean until being finally broken up in 1813.
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![]() Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half breadth for Frederickstein, as taken off prior to her fitting as a 28-gun, fifth-rate frigate for the British Royal Navy. | |
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Name | Friderichssteen[1] |
Builder | Hohlenberg |
Laid down | 22 May 1800 |
Launched | 11 November 1800 |
Commissioned | 1802 |
Fate | Surrendered to the British after the Battle of Copenhagen (1807) |
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Name | Frederickstein |
Acquired | Captured from Denmark 7 September 1807 |
Commissioned | 1808 |
Renamed | Theresa, but the intent was withdrawn c.1809 |
Fate | Broken up June 1813 |
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Class and type | Fifth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 67917⁄94 (bm) |
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Depth of hold | 9 ft 4 in (2.8 m) |
Complement | 215 in British service |
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