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Willemoes, Peter
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Full Name: |
Peter Willemoes |
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Date of Birth: |
May 11, 1783 |
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Place of Birth: |
Assens |
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Family
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Son of Christen Willemoes and wife
Christiane, born Dreyer |
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Marriage: |
Unmarried |
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Promotions |
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Promotion: |
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1795 |
Naval Cadet |
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August 29, 1800 |
Sub Lieutenant |
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May 1, 1807 |
Lieutenant |
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Orders, Decorations &
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April 2, 1802 |
Commemorative Medal for the Battle of
Copenhagen April 2, 1801 |
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Military Service |
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Service: |
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March 1800
- April 1800 |
On the ship-of-the-line DANMARK |
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1800 |
On the ship-of-the-line PRINSESSE
LOVISA AUGUSTA |
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March 25, 1801
- April 3, 1801 |
CO of Gerner's "Flådebatteri Nr. 1"
(Floating battery) |
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April 5, 1801
- May 14, 1801 |
CO of Gerner's "Flådebatteri Nr. 1"
(Floating battery) |
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1801 |
1st officer on the schooner MERCURIUS |
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1802-1803 |
On the frigate ROTA to the
Mediterranean |
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1804 |
On the ship-of-the-line NEPTUNUS |
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July 29, 1805 |
Ordered to assistant Captain Lorentz
Fisker on making sail standards of reference on different gun boats |
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October 1805 |
On the ship-of-the-line SEJEREN
in troop transports |
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June 3, 1806
- July 4, 1806 |
Ordered to take the pilot boat HØGEN
from Copenhagen to the island of Fanø |
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September 1807 |
Commanded the troop transports between
Langeland and Lolland |
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December 25, 1807
- March 22, 1808 |
On the ship-of-the-line PRINDS
CHRISTIAN FREDERIK |
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Other Achievements |
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Achievement: |
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1801 |
Received a Sword of Honor from ladies in
Kiel for his duties during the Battle of Copenhagen April 2, 1801 |
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May 1, 1807
- August 1807 |
In Russian service |
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January 2, 1808 |
Willemoes was recognized a honorable
recommendation for his duties at the troop transports between
Langeland and Lolland |
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Death |
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Cemetery: |
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March 22, 1808 |
Was killed in the Battle at Sjællands
Odde and buried at the Odden Cemetery. |
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Sources: |
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Det Danske
Søofficerskorps 1801-1919, by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen, Gyldendals Boghandel
and Nordisk Forlag, Copenhagen, 1919 |
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Officerer i den
Dansk-Norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den Danske Søetat 1814-1932, Bind I og II,
by
Th. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil
Marquard,
H. Hagerups Forlag, Copenhagen,
1935 |
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