Talk:Gunboat War

Causes of war
Should mention the main issues of the war (Britain's determination not to be cut off from the Baltic, which was a source of Naval supplies, etc.). AnonMoos (talk) 20:29, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

One of the main issues behind the war is still unexplained
Britain considered freedom of navigation between the North Sea and the Baltic to be a vital military necessity due to the Baltic countries being a source of supplies for the British navy... AnonMoos (talk) 05:06, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Unsourced
I have added this tag; it is most serious in the discussion of the strategic choice of relying on gunboats against the Royal Navy, which was embarked on simultaneously, and with equal unsuccess, by Thomas Jefferson. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:48, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Broken Links
Neither of the two external links was working. I have corrected the one to the Danish Naval Museum to what seems to be an appropriate page, set to read in English. I cannot find the Norwegian link. Can you please check Viking1808 (talk) 21:57, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * An appropriate article in Norwegian has now been set in place of the broken link noted above. This may not be the article originally placed at this point. There is much useful detail in this article which I am happy to try to translate (into English) should a google translation fail. Just ask. Viking1808 (talk) 17:04, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Concerning the Seagull in 1808
There is some confusion over reports on this ship. Under the listings of HMS Seagull, Wikipedia has her as “a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806. She was captured by the Danes in 1808 and burnt” Under “Seagull class brig-sloop” she was launched on 1 July 1805 The report here in "Gunboat War" faithfully records the referenced London Gazette report concerning the capture of HMS Seagull, then reports without reference that the Danes raised the sunken ship and took her into service. This seems to be correct, as a Danish referencehas the brig Seagull under Danish command capturing the Swedish gunboat Gripen off Skagen on 25 November 1808. Before I jump in to change the apparent anomalies, are there any other sources or comments? Viking1808 (talk) 17:47, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Further, Michael Phillips Ships of the Old Navy website has this ship built in 1806, but sunk and recovered by the Danes.Viking1808 (talk) 20:33, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Winfield has the launch year as 1805. The info under the HMS Seagull disambig page is therefore incorrect, the error being probably from Phillips. Acad Ronin (talk) 20:43, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

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 * Gunboat battle near Alvøen Norway.jpg