HDMS Holsteen

	A contemporary drawing of Holsteen
History
Denmark & Norway
Name	Holsteen or Holsten
Builder	Frederik Michael Krabbe, Nyholm, Copenhagen
Laid down	23 March 1770
Launched	11 April 1772
Commissioned	1775
Out of service	2 April 1801
Fate	Taken by the British at first Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
United Kingdom
Name	Holstein, renamed Nassau in 1805
Acquired	By capture by the British at first Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Nassau 22 March 1808"
Fate	Sold 1814
General characteristics
Class and type	Holsteen-class ship of the line
Displacement	1.01 Læster (=2,020 tons)
Tons burthen	139474⁄94 (bm)
Length	48.65 m (159.6 ft)
Beam	13.70 m (44.9 ft)
Draught	6.04 m (19.8 ft)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
General characteristics (Danish service)
Complement	373–470 crew, plus 100 soldiers
Armament	Lower deck: 24 × 24-pounder guns; Upper deck: 24 × 12-pounder guns; QD & Fc: 12 × 8-pounder guns;
General characteristics (British service)
Complement	491 seamen and marines
Armament	Lower deck: 26 × 24-pounder guns; Upper deck: 24 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 12 × 24-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades;

Holsteen was a 60-gun ship of the line in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. She was commissioned in 1775 and the British Royal Navy captured her in the Battle at Copenhagen Roads on 2 April 1801. The British renamed the ship HMS Holstein, and later HMS Nassau. She participated in one major battle during the Gunboat War and was sold in 1814.

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