HDMS Hielperen

History
Name	Hielperen
Commissioned	1787
Decommissioned	1806
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Complement	269
Armament	20 guns

Hielperen (or Hjelperen) (literally: the Helper) ^[1] was a 16-gun defence frigate in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. Commissioned in 1787, she took part in the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801 against the British Royal Navy. During the battle, the ship had a crew of 269 sailors, six of whom wounded in the battle, and was commanded by Lt. Peter-Carl Lilienskjöld. ^[2] The ship took a severe beating but the crew managed to cut the ship's cables and escape to the safety of Copenhagen Harbour. The ship withdrew from combat at 1 PM. Hielperen served in the Danish Navy until 1806.

References

Notes

1. Danish Naval Museum - Hielperen Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine - for technical drawings and model, follow link and click "vis"
2. Coladores, T. (2005). "Die Seeschlacht vor Kopenhagen 1801 - Nelson versus Fischer". coladores.co.funpic.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

Bibliography

• Laursen, Gert (2005). "Danish Military History : Hjelperen". milhist.dk. Archived from the original on March 10, 2005.