Global InformationHDMS Holsteen information
 A contemporary drawing of Holsteen
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| History | |
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 Denmark & Norway | |
| Name | Holsteen or Holsten[1] |
| 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"[2] |
| 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 |
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| General characteristics (British service[3]) | |
| Complement | 491 seamen and marines |
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Holsteen[a] 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.
- ^ Danish Naval Museum website – Holsteen click "vis" for technical drawings
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. pp. 241–243.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 108.
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