22 March 1808(1808-03-22) (aged 24) Great Belt, Denmark
Buried
Odden Cemetery, Zealand
Allegiance
Denmark-Norway
Service/branch
Royal Danish Navy
Battles/wars
Battle of Copenhagen Battle of Zealand Point
Peter Willemoes (11 May 1783 – 22 March 1808) was a Danish naval officer. He fell in the Battle of Zealand Point. He is commemorated by a statue on the harbourfront in his native town of Assens.
Willemoes was born on 11 May 1783 in Assens on the island of Funen, where his father was a public servant. At the age of twelve he was sent to the Naval Academy in Copenhagen. He became a cadet in 1795 and sekondløjtnant (second lieutenant) in 1800.[1]
British. Willemoes was among the 69 Danish casualties, hit by a bullet to his head, and was afterwards buried at Odden Cemetery. "Willemoes, Peter". TV2...
borne the name PeterWillemoes, after PeterWillemoes. HDMS Willemoes (1861), a screw gun boat, in service 1861–1933. HDMS Willemoes (1943) , a Najaden-class...
Zealand Point on 22 March 1808; the battle was a British victory. PeterWillemoes was among the Danish casualties, The Danish ship of the line HDMS Prinds...
1 (SNMG1)". NATO. Retrieved 21 January 2022. "Danish Frigate HDMS PeterWillemoes and F-16 Fighting Falcons to Reinforce NATO Forces". Military Leaks...
was used during the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen under the command of PeterWillemoes. The British made limited use of floating batteries during the French...
(Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra) John Frandsen, conductor; PeterWillemoes, producer – Nielsen: Maskarade (Danish Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra)...
wounded, the Danes lost three officers killed – one of them Lieutenant PeterWillemoes (a Danish hero of the 1801 battle of Copenhagen). British losses were...
in a house next to Willemoesgården, the home of Danish naval hero, PeterWillemoes. The museum's collection includes works by Christian Berthelsen, Dankvart...
officers and sailors Ships in class: 3 (HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361), HDMS PeterWillemoes (F362) and HDMS Niels Juel (F363)) Operator: Royal Danish Navy Commissioned:...
ship-of-the-line, is defeated by a British squadron off Sjællands Odde. PeterWillemoes are among the Danish casualties. 9 June – The Battle of Saltholm 3...
Shipping Company 21 December Denmark Odense Staalskibsværft Odense PeterWillemoes Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate For Royal Danish Navy 21 December Denmark...
January – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter (d. 1858) 11 May – PeterWillemoes, naval officer (d. 1808) 15 August – Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein...
1962), German chemist and spectroscopist Peter Frederik Suhm (1728–1798), Danish historian Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm (1847–1875), German naturalist Suh...
John Murray, John Young Buchanan, Henry Nottidge Moseley, and Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm. Frank Evers Bed was appointed prosector. The official expedition...
Rønnebæksholm in collaboration with the parish priest of Herfølge, J.W. Willemoes, were large enough to annoy Bishop J.P. Mynster. In the winter of 1845–46...
Global Information
Denmark-Norway