Battle between the frigate HMS Tartar and Norwegian gunboats near Bergen in 1808

The Gunboat War (1807-1814) was the naval conflict between Denmark-Norway against the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The war's name is derived from the Danish tactic of employing small gunboats against the conventional Royal Navy. These boats were originally designed by a Swede, Frederik Henrik Chapman. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Shallop_gunboat_Gunboat_War. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Shallop_gunboat_Gunboat_War. ... Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2157x1086, 872 KB) Gunboat battle near Alvøen in Norway File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2157x1086, 872 KB) Gunboat battle near Alvøen in Norway File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Tartar, after the Tartars: Tartar (1756), 28-gun sixth-rate Tartar (1801), 32-gun fifth-rate Tartar (1814), 36-gun fifth-rate Tartar (1854), captured Russian screw corvette Tartar (1886), torpedo cruiser Tartar (1907), destroyer Tartar (1937), destroyer Tartar... Jump to: navigation, search County Hordaland Landscape Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway, consisting of Denmark and Norway, including Norways possessions Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a term used for the two united kingdoms after their amalgamation as one state in 1536. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

The strategic advantage of gunboats lay in the fact that they could be produced rapidly and inexpensively throughout the kingdom. The tactical advantages were that they were highly manoeuvrable, especially in still and shallow waters and presented small targets. On the other hand, the boats were vulnerable once they were hit; could not be used in choppy open seas; and were less effective against large warships. More that 200 were eventually produced in two models: the shallop gunboat had a crew of 76 men, with an 18- or 24-pounder cannon in the bow and another in the stern. The smaller barge type had a total crew of 24, armed with a single 24-pounder.

Early in the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark-Norway set on a policy of armed neutrality, using its naval forces to protect trade flowing within, into, and out of Danish and Norwegian waters. A military/political reference to a nation which remains uninvolved in an armed conflict, making no alliance to any nation engaged on any side. ...

While gunboat tactics were not employed until 1807, the naval conflict between Britain and Denmark can be traced to the first Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 when Horatio Nelson launched an attack of intimidation against the Danish capital. The Battle of Copenhagen, as painted by Nicholas Pocock. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ...

In the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, the British captured large portions of the Danish naval fleet to prevent the French from doing the same. As a result, the Danish government decided to build smaller gunboats in large numbers. The second Battle of Copenhagen, which lasted from 16 August to 5 September 1807, was, like the First Battle of Copenhagen, an attack by the British on the Danish capital of Copenhagen. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

In the first three years of the Gunboat War, these boats were on several occasions able to capture cargo ships from the convoys and to defeat British naval brigs, though they were not strong enough to overcome larger frigates and ships of the line. The British had control of Danish waters during the whole of the 1807-1814 war, and when the season was suited to navigation they were regularly able to escort large merchant convoys out through the Sound and the Great Belt. On March 22, 1808, the last Danish ship of the line Prins Christian Frederik, commanded by Captain C.W. Jessen, was destroyed by two British ships of the line in the battle of Zealand Point. On 27 February 1811, Danish gunboats, manned by nearly 1,000 men including infantry forces, attempted to recapture the island of Anholt, but had to withdraw to Jutland with heavy losses. The last major fight between Danish and British men of war took place on July 6, 1812, when British warships destroyed the Danish frigate Najaden at the Battle of Lyngør on the Norwegian coast. Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Northern Oresund Oresund (Danish: Øresund, Swedish: Öresund, also known as The Sound) is the strait that separates Zealand from Scania, and thereby Denmark from Sweden. ... The Great Belt (Danish:Storebælt) is a strait between the main Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Battle of Zealand Point Conflict Napoleonic Wars Date 22 March 1807 Place Sejerø Result Decisive British victory Strategic background to the battle Naval tactical background British Battle Plan Jessens Battle Plan Battle Consequences See also British naval supremacy External links Danish military history account Categories: Military stubs | Naval battles... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search For the village in Drenthe, Netherlands, see Anholt (Drenthe) Anholt port Anholt desert Anholt is a Danish island in the Kattegat. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Najaden was a frigate in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy. ... // Strategic background to the battle The British imposed a blockade on supply lines between Norway and Denmark during the Napoleonic War in the Skagerrak sound, except for Norwegian ships transporting lumber to Britain. ...

The Treaty of Kiel ended the war on January 15, 1814. Denmark had to cede the island of Helgoland to Britain and Norway to Sweden. The Treaty of Kiel, was a settlement between Sweden and Denmark-Norway on January 14, 1814, whereby the Danish king, a loser in the Napoleonic wars, ceded Norway to the king of Sweden, in return for the Swedish holdings in Pomerania. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Heligoland during World War I. Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, Lun, Hålilönj) is a small, German, triangular-shaped island approximately 2 km long, though a smaller island east of it is usually also included. ...

See also

• Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
• Second Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
• Battle of Zealand Point
• Battle of Anholt
• Battle of Lyngør
• Denmark in the Napoleonic Era
• Gunboat

The Battle of Copenhagen, as painted by Nicholas Pocock. ... The second Battle of Copenhagen, which lasted from 16 August to 5 September 1807, was, like the First Battle of Copenhagen, an attack by the British on the Danish capital of Copenhagen. ... Battle of Zealand Point Conflict Napoleonic Wars Date 22 March 1807 Place Sejerø Result Decisive British victory Strategic background to the battle Naval tactical background British Battle Plan Jessens Battle Plan Battle Consequences See also British naval supremacy External links Danish military history account Categories: Military stubs | Naval battles... // Strategic background to the battle Naval tactical background Falsens Battle Plan British Battle Plan Battle Consequences See also British naval supremacy External links Sailing ships of the Royal Navy Norwegian naval account of the battle Categories: Historical stubs | Naval battles | Battles of the Napoleonic Wars | History of Britain | 1811... // Strategic background to the battle The British imposed a blockade on supply lines between Norway and Denmark during the Napoleonic War in the Skagerrak sound, except for Norwegian ships transporting lumber to Britain. ... This is a history of the Kingdom of Denmark and the areas comprising modern day Denmark. ... Jump to: navigation, search A gunboat is literally a boat carrying one or more guns. ...

External links

• Danish Naval History: Great Britain's unprovoked assault on the neutral Danish-Norwegian kingdom
• Kanonbåtkrigen 1807-14 (in Norwegian)
• Royal Danish Naval Museum: Denmark and Great Britain, 1801-1814
• British Warship Losses in Danish-Norwegian Waters 1807-1814