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| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : | Thomas WhinyatesBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1794-1815 William BowlesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1796-1869 | ||
| Name : | Joseph JamesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1793-1815 | ||
| Name : Mutine (16)
1806-1819 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop | Hew StewartBritish Naval Sailor Service 1793-1816 | ||
| Name : | Edward EllicottBritish Naval Sailor Service 1794-1812 | ||
| Name : Desperate (12)
1805-1814 British 12 Gun Unrated Sloop | |||
| Name : Fearless (12)
1804-1812 British 12 Gun Unrated Gun-brig | John Coward WilliamsBritish Naval Sailor Service 1795-1811 | ||
| Name : Indignant (12)
1805-1811 British 12 Gun Unrated Sloop | Horace PetleyBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1801-1807 George BroadBritish Naval Sailor Service 1798-1809 | ||
| Name : Pincher (12)
1804-1816 British 12 Gun Unrated Gun-brig | Sir James AberdourBritish Naval Sailor Service 1799-1812 | ||
| Name : Safeguard (12)
1804-1811 British 12 Gun Unrated Gun-brig | Robert BalfourBritish Naval Sailor Service 1804-1807 | ||
| Name : Urgent (12)
1804-1816 British 12 Gun Unrated Gun-brig | Peter RigbyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1801-1812 | ||
| Name : Tigress (12)
1804-1808 British 12 Gun Unrated Gun-brig | Edward Nathaniel GreenswordBritish Naval Sailor Service 1790-1842 | ||
| Name : Thunder (8)
1803-1814 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel | George CocksBritish Naval Sailor Service 1780-1809 | ||
| Name : Vesuvius (8)
1776-1812 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel | Richard ArthurBritish , Naval Sailor Service 1788-1853 Richard ArthurBritish Naval Sailor Service 1788-1853 | ||
| Name : Aetna (8)
1803-1816 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel | William GodfreyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1795-1822 | ||
From the 18th to the 21st, when Gambier declared a blockade of Seeland, there were several affairs of no great importance between the British and Danish small craft; and, in the interval, more troops were disembarked, chiefly in Kjobe Bay, and a battery was erected to the north of the city. On the 22nd, while the army was constructing mortar batteries in advance of this work, three Danish prames, each of 20 guns, and all the gun-vessels, made preparations to interrupt the business; and, in order to repel them, a British flotilla, under Captain Peter Puget, of the Goliath, took up a position inside the Trekroner, over the shoals.
At 10 A.M. on the 23rd, these vessels were furiously attacked by the Trekroner, the prames, the gunboats, and all the Danish vessels within range. They returned the fire briskly until 2 P.M., when, being overpowered, they retired, having lost Lieutenant John Woodford (Cruiser), and three. seamen killed, and Lieutenant John Williams (Fearless), seven seamen and five Royal Marines wounded, and having received a considerable amount of damage. The British shore batteries, however, presently drove off the Danish gun-vessels, with a loss of nine killed and twelve wounded.