HDMS Hielperen explained

Hielperen (or Hjelperen) (literally: the Helper)^[1] was a 16-gun defence frigate in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. Commissioned in 1787, she took part in the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801 against the British Royal Navy. During the battle, the ship had a crew of 269 sailors, six of whom wounded in the battle, and was commanded by Lt. Peter-Carl Lilienskjöld.^[2] The ship took a severe beating but the crew managed to cut the ship's cables and escape to the safety of Copenhagen Harbour. The ship withdrew from combat at 1 PM. Hielperen served in the Danish Navy until 1806.

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• Web site: Danish Military History : Hjelperen . Gert . Laursen . milhist.dk . 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050310230818/http://www.milhist.dk/weapons/shipdata/hjaelpe.html . March 10, 2005 .

Notes and References

1. Danish Naval Museum - Hielperen - for technical drawings and model, follow link and click "vis"
2. Web site: Die Seeschlacht vor Kopenhagen 1801 - Nelson versus Fischer. Coladores. T.. 2005. coladores.co.funpic.de. de. https://web.archive.org/web/20140513104512/http://coladores.co.funpic.de/kopen.html. 2014-05-13. 24 June 2012.