Danish warship sunk by Adm. Horatio Nelson’s British fleet discovered after 225 years
Marine archaeologists recovered cannons, uniforms and a sailor’s jaw, offering new clues about the 1801 battle and the crew’s final hours.
- On Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Denmark's Viking Ship Museum announced the discovery of the flagship Dannebroge in Copenhagen Harbor, 225 years after it sank during the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen.
- British Admiral Horatio Nelson attacked the Danish navy during the 1801 conflict, damaging the flagship until it exploded and sank—an event deeply embedded in Denmark's national story.
- Divers recovered cannons, uniforms, and a sailor's jawbone from the wreck, which rests 15 meters beneath the seabed in thick sediment and near-zero visibility.
- Archaeologists are racing to document the site before the Lynetteholm megaproject, a new housing district expected to be completed by 2070, envelops the underwater wreckage area.
- Morten Johansen, the museum's head of maritime archaeology, noted the wreck offers a rare chance to understand "how it was to be on board a ship being shot to pieces by English warships.
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19th-Century Danish Warship Discovered in Copenhagen Harbor - Archaeology Magazine
A crewmember's shoe recovered from the Dannebroge wreck COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—The Guardian reports that debris from the Danish flagship Dannebroge has been discovered at the bottom of Copenhagen Harbor. The 157-foot warship was commanded by Commodore Olfert Fischer and sunk by Admiral Horatio Nelson during the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. Denmark’s navy had formed a blockade outside the harbor when Britain’s navy attacked. Cannonballs hit the Dan…
A Danish warship whose charming Horatio Nelson and the British fleet sank into the Battle of Copenhagen more than 200 years ago, reported the Museum of Ships of Denmark on Thursday (2). A youth who disappeared on his way to see the horse in 1994 was found alive after 32 years in the United States 'Pegadinha' of April 1 on the death of the oldest battalion of the world and is demolished The museum announced the discovery exactly 225 years after t…
Danish warship sunk by Britain's Lord Nelson 225 years ago is found
The wreckage of the Dannebroge, a Danish warship sunk by Adm. Horatio Nelson and the British fleet in the Battle of Copenhagen, has been discovered after 225 years, shedding light on a pivotal moment in Danish history.
A warship sunk by the British Navy 225 years ago was found near the Danish coast during a deep sea survey.
On the seabed of Copenhagen harbor, underwater archaeologists have found and identified the Danish warship Dannebroge, which was sunk by Admiral Nelson's fleet over two hundred years ago.
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