Hans Peter Holm
Hans Peter Holm was a Danish naval officer who commanded vessels of the DanoNorwegian Navy in several actions. He commanded several naval vessels during the Gunboat War. His most important action occurred in 1812 at the Battle of Lyngr when a British squadron, led by the British shipoftheline HMS160Dictator, destroyed his vessel, HDMS160Najaden. Holm sustained wounds in the battle but survived, only to drown in an accident shortly afterwards.
Holm was bornJune 1772 at Sholm, north of Copenhagen, to ships master Peter Holm and Christence Morslet . In 1807 he married Marie Heegaard , daughter of a plantation owner in St Croix in the Danish West Indies . He diedOctober 1812 at Langesundsfjorden, Bamble, Telemark , and is buried in Langesund Church.
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