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Battle of Zealand Point
The Battle of Zealand Point was a naval battle of the English Wars and the Gunboat War. It was fought off Zealand Point by ships of the Danish and British navies on 22 March 1808 and was a British victory.
==Prelude==
The Danish ship of the line ''Prins Christian Frederik'' was stationed in Kristiansand, Norway from 7 August 1807, patrolling waters between Norway and Denmark where Britain had imposed a blockade. In February 1808, the ''Prins Christian Frederik'' pursued the British ship into hiding. Having learned of the Danish ship, the British admiralty sent a squadron consisting of HMS ''Nassau'' (the former Danish ship-of-the-line ''Holsteen'', taken during the Battle of Copenhagen), , , and two brigs, and , to secure the waters. While this was going on ''Prins Christian Frederik'' became frozen in near Kristiansand. She therefore did not set sail for Denmark until 4 March.
By the time ''Prins Christian Frederik'' reached Denmark, epidemic typhus had broken out among her crew. Ice in the Danish harbours prevented her from docking, and crew were replaced over the ice. On 17 March morale deteriorated further when news arrived that King Christian had died. She was ordered into the Great Belt (''Storebælt'') strait to provide cover for a crossing of a French army corps consisting of Spanish soldiers ordered by Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (later King of Sweden) to attack Skåne. Having been alerted to the Danish plan, the British ships give chase. The British ships intended to outmanoeuvre, corner and overpower the ''Prins Christian Frederik''; Captain Carl Jessen, after conferring with his officers, decided to take a stand in order to gain enough of a tactical advantage to move into familiar waters and within the protective range of the cannon at Kronborg.
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