HMS Fridericksteen

HDMS Friderichssteen or HMS Frederichsteen was a Danish Navy frigate, built in 1800, and captured by the Royal Navy in 1807 at the Battle of Copenhagen. She was taken into service as HMS Fredericksteen (or Frederickstein) and served in the Mediterranean until being finally broken up in 1813.

Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half breadth for Frederickstein, as taken off prior to her fitting as a 28-gun, fifth-rate frigate for the British Royal Navy.
History
Denmark & Norway
NameFriderichssteen
BuilderHohlenberg
Laid down22 May 1800
Launched11 November 1800
Commissioned1802
FateSurrendered to the British after the Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
United Kingdom
NameFrederickstein
AcquiredCaptured from Denmark 7 September 1807
Commissioned1808
RenamedTheresa, but the intent was withdrawn c.1809
FateBroken up June 1813
General characteristics
Class and typeFifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen67917⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • 128 ft 8 in (39.2 m) (gundeck), or
  • 129 ft 4 in (39.4 m)
  • 108 ft 10 in (33.2 m)(keel), or
  • 109 ft 3 in (33.3 m)
Beam
  • 34 ft 3 in (10.4 m), or
  • 34 ft 2 in (10.4 m)
Depth of hold9 ft 4 in (2.8 m)
Complement215 in British service
Armament
  • In Danish service:
    • Gundeck: 20 × 30, or 36-pounder carronades
    • QD & Fc: 4 × 8-pounder guns + 2 × 12-pounder carronades
    • Also: 6 × 12-pounder iron howitzers + 4 × 1-pounder falconets
  • In British service:
    • Upper Deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
    • QD: 6 × 24-pounder carronades
    • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades
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