HDMS Justitia (1777)

	An illustration of Justitia
History
Denmark & Norway
Name	Justitia
Namesake	Justitia
Builder	Henrik Gerner, Nyholm, Copenhagen
Laid down	8 June 1776
Launched	2 September 1777
Commissioned	1780
Out of service	1807
Fate	Taken by the British at second Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
General characteristics
Class and type	Prindsesse Sophia Frederica Class ship of the line
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
United Kingdom
Name	Justitia
Acquired	By capture by the British at second Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
Fate	Broken up 1817
General characteristics (British service)
Tons burthen	175811⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall: 174 ft 3 in (53.1 m); Keel: 124 ft 2+1⁄2 in (37.9 m);
Depth of hold	19 ft 9 in (6.0 m)
Complement	590
Armament	Lower deck: 28 × 32-pounder guns; Upper deck: 28 × 18-pounder guns; QD: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades; Fc: 2 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 32-pounder carronades; Round house:6 × 18-pounder carronades;

HDMS Justitia was a Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy ship-of-the-line, built to a design by Henrik Gerner. Although launched in 1777, she was not fully commissioned until 1780. The British Royal Navy seized her in 1807, together with the rest of the Danish fleet after the second battle of Copenhagen. The British never commissioned Justitia. A renaming to Orford in 1809 was cancelled. She was broken up in 1817.

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