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HDMS ''Lolland'' (or ''Laaland'') was launched in March 1810. She served in at least four major engagements during the Gunboat War before she was transferred to the Norwegian navy after the Treaty of Kiel brought about the separation of Norway from Denmark in 1814. ''Lolland'' continued to serve with the Norwegian Navy until sold in 1847. ==Dano-Norwegian navy== For three months from 9 June 1810, ''Lolland'' served as a training ship for naval cadets at Copenhagen naval base. At the time she was under the command of Senior Lieutenant (later Captain) Holger Johan Bahnsen.〔Topsøe-Jensen, Vol 1, p.56.〕 Also on board was Senior Lieutenant Georg Joachim Grodtschilling, a mathematics teacher at the naval academy.〔Topsøe-Jensen, Vol 1, pp.481-2.〕〔Georg Grodtschilling was killed aboard ''Najaden'' at the Battle of Lyngør in 1812.〕 ;1811 On 6 March 1811, ''Lolland'' sailed to her new station as part of the naval defences of southern Norway, where she was the command ship for a division of brigs. The year would be a tumultuous one for ''Lolland'' as she would engage in three actions against British warships under her new captain, Hans Peter Holm.〔Topsøe-Jensen, Vol. 1. pp. 598-601〕 By the 1 May 1811, ''Lolland'' had returned to the southern approaches to Egersund (SW Norway) with four other brigs,〔Topsøe-Jensen, Vol 1, p.599〕〔Wandell (1915), p.368.〕 unknown to the British.〔O'Bryne (1849), p.274.〕 The British sent four boats from , and ,〔Marshall (1835), Vol. 4, Part 2, p.14.〕 into the western end of the sound, expecting to capture some shipping or do other mischief. The circumstances of locality and wind did not permit the Danish brigs to enter the sound from the further end, but Holm sent the Danish ships’ boats under Lieutenant Niels Gerhardt Langemach 〔Topsøe-Jensen, Vol 2, p.68.〕 to oppose the British. Some of the Danes landed to set an ambush from the cliff tops, whilst the armed boats were hidden behind a skerry. As the British rowed boldly in, they met unexpected fire from howitzers and muskets; they immediately withdrew, with the Danish boats in pursuit. The Danes captured one of the British boats and her crew of an officer and 17 men, who had come from ''Belette'', and would have captured more but for the confusion that the explosion of a powder keg on one of the Danish boats caused. This enabled the remaining British boats to reach the protection of their squadron. On 31 July 1811, ''Lolland'', in company with the brigs ''Lougen'' and ''Kiel'', encountered and cruising together in Long Sound, Norway. The Danes had 54 guns and 480 men, against the British 22 guns and 107 men.〔The ''Naval Chronicle'' gives the Danish strength as 60 guns (all long 18-pounders), and 550 men.〕 Outnumbered and outgunned, the British vessels took flight.〔''Naval Chronicle'' Vol. 26 (Jul-Dec 1811), pp.284-6.〕 The next day ''Brev Drageren'' unsuccessfully re-engaged first one and then two of the brigs. In the inconclusive engagement each British vessel sustained one man killed, and ''Brev Drageren'' also had three wounded.〔 In the second day’s fight, ''Algerine'' sent a boat and sweeps to ''Brev Drageren'', which helped her escape the Danes, though not until after her crew had rowed for 30 hours.〔James (1837), Vol. 5, p.346.〕〔 ''Lolland'' captured two cargo ships (galleases) that ''Brev Drageren'' had been escorting.〔Wandell (1915), p.369.〕 On 17 August 1811 sailed from Sheerness with a convoy for the Baltic under Lieutenant Richard William Simmonds. On 2 September 1811, off Randøerne, some 30 miles SE of Arendal on the Norwegian coast in company with they encountered three Danish 18-gun-brigs: ''Lolland'', ''Alsen'' (Senior Lieutenant M. Lütken), and ''Samsø'' (Senior Lieutenant Ridder F. Grodtschilling). The Danish brigs were sailing westward along the coast when they sighted the two strange vessels, which by their night signals appeared to be enemy.〔(Danish source )〕 The Danes set out in pursuit, with ''Samsø'', which was closest, sailing for the nearer of the enemy vessels, ''Alsen'' and ''Lolland'' following. However, their quarry - the ''Chanticleer'' turned south-east, and ''Samsø'' and ''Alsen'' followed. ''Lolland'' then set off after the second ship, the ''Manly''. By 0340hrs ''Lolland'' had caught up with ''Manly''. Combat began at 0445hrs and at 0540hrs ''Lolland'' succeeded in crossing behind her quarry, which then struck at 0555hrs. ''Lolland'' sent a prize crew over that brought back Lieutenant Simmonds, of ''Manly''. In rough seas, neither ''Alsen'' nor ''Samsøe'' could catch HMS ''Chanticleer'' and so gave up the chase. ''Lolland'' had lost one man killed but had had no wounded; neither of the other two Danish vessels had sustained any casualties. ''Lolland'' had slight damage to her rigging and sails, but none to her hull; the other two Danish vessels reported negligible damage. The Danes took ''Manly'' into service, retaining her name and armament.〔(Orlogsmusset (Naval Museum) ) but see note below〕 Later that year, Captain Anthonius Krieger replaced Holm as captain of ''Lolland''.〔Topsøe-Jensen, Vol. 2, pp. 38-9.〕 ;1812 In 1812, the Danish-Norwegian naval forces based in Norway were utilizing a sheltered but weakly defended anchorage at Sandoya. The Dano-Norwegian force consisted of the frigate ''Najaden'', three brigs - ''Lolland'', ''Kiel'' (under the command of Otto Frederick Rasch),〔Translated from the Danish website ().〕 and ''Samsøe'' - as well as a number of gunboats. The British saw an opportunity to break the back of Dano-Norwegian seapower and sent the 64-gun Third Rate ship-of-the-line and three brigs, the 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop , 14-gun brig-sloop and the 14-gun gun brig to seek out the Danes. The encounter took place on 6 July 1812 at Lyngør. (詳細は''The Seagull'', and ''Samsøe'' sailed to Frederickshavn, Jutland to escort a convoy of some 45 vessels carrying much-needed grain to Norway. They succeeded in their mission, although they lost one of the grain ships to a Swedish privateer. During the mission, a storm forced ''Samsøe'' to seek shelter in Danish waters; as a result, at the separation of Norway from Denmark, ''Samsøe'' remained with the Danish navy,〔The Norwegian Navy 1814〕 until 1819.〔Record Card for (Samsøe ) but see note below〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HDMS Lolland (1810)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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