HDMS Lougen (1791)

Lougen (centre) at the battle of West Kay in combat with Experiment and Arab
History
Denmark
Name	Lougen
Builder	Stibolt of Nyholm, Copenhagen
Launched	10 September 1791
Commissioned	1792
Out of service	In dock during 1793, 1794, 1797 and 1800
Fate	Broken up 1802
Notes	First Danish ship to be copper clad (1793) Taken by the British in 1801 when capturing the Danish West Indies
General characteristics
Class and type	Lougen-class brig-of-war
Displacement	169½ tons
Length	93 ft 6 in (28.50 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)aft 10 ft forward
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	85 men
Armament	18 × 18-pounder short cannon

HDMS Lougen^[1] was a brig of 18 guns, launched in 1791, and the name-vessel of her class of six brigs designed by the naval architect Ernst Stibolt.^[2] She was the first Danish warship to be copper-sheathed.^[3] She was active protecting Danish merchant shipping and suppressing pirates in the Mediterranean and in the Caribbean. In March 1801, she fought off the British privateer Experiment and the 22-gun warship HMS Arab in a single action.^{[Note 1]} When the British captured the Danish West Indies in 1801, Lougen was part of the booty. The British later returned her to Denmark where she was broken up in 1802.

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