Battle of West Kay

Battle of West Kay
	Part of the prelude to The English Wars
	; The brig HDMS Lougen being attacked by two British frigates
Date	3 March 1801
Location	West Kay, St. Thomas, Danish West Indies18°19′N 65°03′W / 18.317°N 65.050°W
Result	Danish victory
Territorial; changes	Status quo
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Denmark-Norway
Commanders and leaders
John Perkins; Koppelmann	Carl Wilhelm Jessen; Hans Munch
Units involved
HMS Experiment; HMS Arab	HDMS Lougen; HDMS Aarvaagne
Strength
2 frigates; 40 cannons	1 schooner; 1 brig; 20 cannons
Casualties and losses
8 killed; 10 wounded	1 killed; 3 wounded

The Battle of West Kay (Danish and Norwegian: Slaget ved Fugleklippen) sometimes also referred to by the Danish name as the Battle of Fugleklippen, was a naval battle between Denmark-Norway and The United Kingdom. The battle took place at the Skerry of West Kay (Danish: Fugleklippen), near St. Thomas , and ended in a Danish victory,^[2] which would later on have a significant national importance for Denmark.^[3]

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^ Perioden fra 1800 til 1815: Slaget på Københavns red, Flådens ran og Englandskrigene (PDF).
^ Nielse, Per (1997). FLADEN OG DANSK VESTINDIEN [The Fleet and the West Indies] (PDF) (in Danish). Forlaget Marinehistoriske Skrifter and Dansk Vestindisk Selskab. pp. 18–20.

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[:2-2] Perioden fra 1800 til 1815: Slaget på Københavns red, Flådens ran og Englandskrigene (PDF).

[:0-3] Nielse, Per (1997). FLADEN OG DANSK VESTINDIEN [The Fleet and the West Indies] (PDF) (in Danish). Forlaget Marinehistoriske Skrifter and Dansk Vestindisk Selskab. pp. 18–20.

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