Danish Service
- 1775 -1776: Fitted out during a voyage to Norway, where she was used as a command ship for the ships laid up in Trosvik (near the mouth of the Oslo Fjord), before returning to Copenhagen in 1776
- 25 May 1776 – 16 July 1780: on a voyage to Lisbon, the Gold Coast and Cape Town
- July 1780 – 24 October 1780: Guardship duties in Øresund, off Copenhagen
- 1782 – 1783: With the Neutrality Squadron
- June 1794 – October 1794: With the squadron in Øresund
- 1795: With the squadron in Øresund and the North Sea
- 1801: Equipped as a blockship and took part as such in the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801, being placed towards the northern end of the defensive line between Infødstretten and Søhesten. For a short time this ship-of-the-line served as the flagship. About 14:15 the captain was forced to strike to the British.
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