Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy order of battle in Norway (1808)
Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy order of battle in Norway in 1808 Following the loss of the Danish-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 and of the last ship-of-the line, "Prinds Christian Frederick", at Zealand Point in March 1808, Denmark-Norway were forced to adopt the method of defence later known as the Gunboat War. Lacking the time and resources to build a new battle fleet, they concentrated on smaller craft capable of carrying heavy, long range cannon viz. gunboats that were effective in the calmer , narrower inshore waters, but could not challenge enemy warships in rougher seas. For the rougher waters of the Norwegian Sea from 1808 onward, a new class of gunship, the seaworthy 50-man pine-built Norske Kanonskonnert were to be built in Bergen and Trondheim. Ten such gunships were constructed before 1814, and more after Norway achieved independence from Denmark. List of Dano-Norwegian naval forces in Norway in 1808 after the capture of the British brig on 19 June 1808. Command structure. Hr. Generaladjutant, Kommander Lorenz Fisker. Stationen ved Hvaløerne og Grændsen (Hvaler Islands and the border with Sweden at  the mouth of the Oslofjord) Stationen ved Fredriksværn: (Western side of the Oslofjord, near Stavern) Commander: Senior Lieutenant Hensler. Stationen ved Langesund: Commander: Senior Lieutenant H. D. B. Seidelin. Stationen ved Øster-Risøer: Commander: Junior Lieutenant F. W. Løvenskiold. Stationen ved Arendal: Commander: Senior Lieutenant G. G. Dietrichson. Stationen ved Christianssand: Commander: Captain M. Bille. Stationen ved Mandal; Commander: Senior Lieutenant P. C. Spørck. Stationen ved Stavanger: Commander: Junior Lieutenant J. C. Grove. Stationen i Bergen: Commander: Senior Lieutenant Kammerjunker J. C. A. Bjelke. Stationen i Trondhjem: Commander: Captain F. C. Motzfeldt. Gunboats. Larger Gun Boats (named in list, by  station) - Kanonchalupper usually armed with 2 x 24-pounder cannon and 4 x 4-pounder howitzers Smaller Gun Boats (named in list, by station) - Kanonjolle each with one 24 pound cannon Batteries. Fixed Coastal Batteries: Slevigs Batteri on the eastern side of the entrance to Christiana (Oslo) fjord. 14 x 18lb cannon. Lieutenant in the land forces v. Lemvig, in command. Vallø Saltverks defence works near Tønsberg on the western side of Oslo fjord 10 x 24lb cannon, 3 x 18lb cannon, 4 x 6lb cannon, 2 x 4lb cannon Acting Lieutenant V. Lerche, in  command. Svelvigens Batterier (probably near Svelvik, closer to Oslo) 22 x 12lb cannon, 12 x 3 or 4lb cannon Kapteinløitnant van Deurs, in command. Sandvigens Batteri near Arendal 12 x 12lb cannon Head of the Coastguard Division Lind, in command. Flekkerø Batteri on the approaches to Kristiansand 4 x 24lb cannon. (Occupied and defended in the event of enemy action with manpower from the gunboat flotilla.) Also, much closer in to Kristiansand, Christiansholm Fortress which saw action in 1807 shortly after the Battle of Copenhagen, repelling a putative attack on HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik by HMS  Spencer Floating Batteries