HDMS Justitia (1777)
An illustration of Justitia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Denmark & Norway | |
| Name | Justitia |
| Namesake | Justitia |
| Builder | Henrik Gerner, Nyholm, Copenhagen |
| Laid down | 8 June 1776 |
| Launched | 2 September 1777 |
| Commissioned | 1780 |
| Out of service | 1807 |
| Fate | Captured by the Royal Navy at the Battle of Copenhagen |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Prindsesse Sophia Frederica Class ship of the line |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Justitia |
| Acquired | By capture by the British at second Battle of Copenhagen (1807) |
| Fate | Broken up 1817 |
| General characteristics (British service) | |
| Tons burthen | 175811⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.0 m) |
| Complement | 590 |
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HDMS Justitia was a 72-gun ship of the line of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy built to a design by Henrik Gerner. Although launched in 1777, she was not fully commissioned until 1780. The Royal Navy captured her together with most of the Dano-Norwegian navy after the battle of Copenhagen in 1807. The British never commissioned Justitia. A renaming to Orford in 1809 was cancelled. She was broken up in 1817.