HDMS Indfødsretten (1786)

For other ships with the same name, see HDMS Indfødsretten.

History
Name	Indfødsretten
Namesake	Danish Citizenship Act of 1776
Builder	Henrik Gerner, Nyholm, Copenhagen
Laid down	27 April 1786
Launched	1786
Captured	by British Royal Navy, 2 April 1801
Fate	Burnt April 1801
General characteristics [1] [2]
Type	Ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,016 tons
Length	158 ft (48 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	18 ft (5.5 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	559
Armament	26 × 24-pounder guns 26 × 12-pounder guns 12 × 8-pounder guns [3]

Indfødsretten ^[4] (Danish, lit. Citizenship) was a 64-gun ship of the line in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy commissioned in 1787. She was one of a class of five ships designed and constructed by naval architect Henrik Gerner. ^{[3] [Note 1]}

Construction and design

Indfødsretten was constructed at Nyholm to a design by naval architect Henrik Gerner. She was laid down on 27 June 1784, launched on 27 April 1786 and the construction was completed on 12 October 1787. ^[5]

Career

During the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801, this blockship was commanded by Captain A. de Thurah with a complement of 394 sailors. The ship suffered heavy casualties in the battle; 21 were killed and 41 wounded. The ship struck her colours at 15.00. ^{[6] [7]} After her capture, Indfødsretten was burnt, along with all the other captured Danish warships except Holsteen. ^[3]

Notes

1. The earlier ship of this name, Indfødsretten (1775), disappeared in the Atlantic in 1783

References

1. "Indfødsretten (1786)". Royal Danish Naval Museum (in Danish). 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2005. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
2. Danish Naval Museum - Indfødsretten Archived 2020-07-04 at the Wayback Machine - a single technical drawing can be seen by clicking "Vis"
3. Laursen, Gert (2008). "The Wreck of the Oldenborg". milhist.dk. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
4. Record card for Indfødsretten (1786)
5. "Indfødsretten (1786)". Trap Danmark (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
6. Toft, Peter (1893). The United Service. Philadelphia: L.R. Hamersly & Co. p. 21.
7. Admiral Lord Nelson and his Navy

See also

• List of ships captured in the 19th century

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