HDMS Holsteen
A contemporary drawing of Holsteen | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Denmark & Norway | |
| Name | Holsteen or Holsten |
| Builder | Frederik Michael Krabbe, Nyholm, Copenhagen |
| Laid down | 23 March 1770 |
| Launched | 11 April 1772 |
| Commissioned | 1775 |
| Out of service | 2 April 1801 |
| Fate | Taken by the British at first Battle of Copenhagen (1801) |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Holstein, renamed Nassau in 1805 |
| Acquired | By capture by the British at first Battle of Copenhagen (1801) |
| Honours & awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Nassau 22 March 1808" |
| Fate | Sold 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Holsteen-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 1.01 Læster (=2,020 tons) |
| Tons burthen | 139474⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 48.65 m (159.6 ft) |
| Beam | 13.70 m (44.9 ft) |
| Draught | 6.04 m (19.8 ft) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| General characteristics (Danish service) | |
| Complement | 373–470 crew, plus 100 soldiers |
| Armament | |
| General characteristics (British service) | |
| Complement | 491 seamen and marines |
| Armament |
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Holsteen was a 60-gun ship of the line in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. She was commissioned in 1775 and the British Royal Navy captured her in the Battle at Copenhagen Roads on 2 April 1801. The British renamed the ship HMS Holstein, and later HMS Nassau. She participated in one major battle during the Gunboat War and was sold in 1814.