Battle of Heligoland (1864) - Order of Battle

Order of Battle

Denmark (Captain Edouard Suenson)

  • Niels Juel 42-gun screw frigate, crew 422
  • Jylland, 44-gun screw frigate, crew 327
  • Hejmdal 16-gun screw corvette, crew 260

Austria (Captain Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff)

  • Schwarzenberg, 51-gun screw frigate, crew 498
  • Radetzky 37-gun screw frigate, crew 372

Prussia

  • Preussischer Adler, 4-gun paddle steamer, crew 110
  • Blitz, 3-gun 350-ton gunboat, crew 66
  • Basilisk, 3-gun 350-ton gunboat, crew 66

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