Danish Fifth Rate frigate 'Nymfen' (1796)

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Nymfen
Nominal Guns	32	W006
Nationality	Denmark
Operator	Dano-Norwegian navy
Keel Laid Down	11.8.1795	W006
Launched	11.8.1796	BWAS-1793
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Nyholm Dockyard - Copenhagen	W006
Designed by	Frantz Christopher Henrich HohlenbergDanish Designer Ship Builder Service 1765-1804	BWAS-1793
Category	Fifth Rate	W006
Ship Type	Frigate	W006
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	W006
Captured	7.9.1807	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British Fifth Rate frigate 'Nymphen' (1807) (36) 1807-1816 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW006
Length of Gundeck140' 6"Danish Fod (Feet)43.9779 (135′ 10″ Imperial)
Breadth36' 0"Danish Fod (Feet)11.3076 (34′ 11″ Imperial)
Draught Forward14' 3"Danish Fod (Feet)4.417 (13′ 7″ Imperial)
Draught Aft15' 6"Danish Fod (Feet)4.7429 (14′ 7″ Imperial)
Burthen519Danish Læster

Service History

DateEventSource
7.9.1807Taken by the British at the fall of Copenhagen

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

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