Battle of Zealand Point

Battle of Zealand Point
Part of the Gunboat War

Battle of Zealand Point, A.G. Gross
Date22 March 1808
Location
Off Zealand, Kattegat
Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
George Parker Carl Wilhelm Jessen
Strength
3 ships of the line
1 frigate		 1 ship of the line
Casualties and losses
5 killed
48 wounded
1 missing		 55 killed
88 wounded
1 ship of the line destroyed

The Battle of Zealand Point was fought off Zealand on 22 March 1808 during the Gunboat War. Three ships of the line and one frigate of the Royal Navy intercepted and destroyed a Danish ship of the line. The British victory in the battle resulted in the loss of the Danish navy's final ship of the line.

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