Fællesgraven på Sjællands Odde til minde om linieskibet PRINDS CHRISTIAN FREDERIKS kamp og endeligt ved Sjælland Odde 22. marts 1808 mod 2 britiske linieskibe og 3 fregatter
I september 1807 blev Danmark overfaldet af England. Det førte til Københavns bombardement og røveriet af den dansk-norske flåde.
Det engelske overfald tvang Danmark ind i et forbund med Napoleon.
Da Englænderne røvede flåden, var det danske linjeskib "Prinds Christian Frederik" ikke hjemme, skibet med kommandørkaptajn Jessen, havde været i kamp ved Norge, skibet fik udskiftet 200 mand, på grund af sygdom, med 200 nye dårligt uddannet mænd.
Slaget udspillede sig 300 meter fra den nuværende indsejling til Havnebyen.
kommandørkaptajn Jessen ville nu trække de engelske skibe væk fra bæltet, ved at stå nord om. Jessen trak også de to engelske skibe efter sig, men hans lods, gik i panik og han nægtede at sejle inden om Sejerø, så manøvren blev lidt vanskeligt og han måtte udsætte sig.
Lidt efter lidt gik det op for Jessen, at der var kommet flere engelske skibe til, der var nu dukket et skib mere til de to og fra nordøst kom de tre større skibe. Jessens plan var stadig at gå uden om odden, og i ly af mørket nå frem til kronborg, men vinden svigtede ham. Omkring kl. 5.30 lykkes det Jessen at komme udenom Sjællands Odde og stå østover, men der var ingen vind, så der var ingen vej uden om en kamp. Jessen sejlede tæt på land, for at kunne sætte skibet på grund, hvis det gik galt. Der var to fregatter og en korvet. Tre linieskibe, "Vanguard" med 84 kanoner, "Stanley" med 68 kanoner, og "Nassau" også med 68 kanoner, "Prinds Christian Frederik" havde selv 68 kanoner.
Mens "Vanguard" holdt sig østligt far at standse det danske linieskib, hvis det skulle forsøge at sejle fra sine fjender, gik de fem engelske skibe nu til angreb, over 200 kanoner mod det danske linieskibs 68 kanoner og hvor ca. en tredjedel af besætningen var ukyndige folk
Odboerne samlede i dagene efter slaget de ilanddrevne lig, i alt 29, og begravede dem på Odden kirkegård. I 1810 rejste godsejer Lorentz Friberg, Anneberg, monumentet til minde om orlogsskibet Prinds Christian Frederik på kirkegården.
I 1883 opstiller Søløjtnantselskabet en granit sten som mindesmærke over de faldne.
ENGLISH
Shared grave at Sealand's Point in memory of the ship of the line Prince Christian FREDERIKS struggle and its finally at Sealand's Point 22nd March 1808 against two British ships of the line and three frigates
In September 1807, Denmark was attacked by England. This led to the bombardment of Copenhagen and the robbery of the Danish-Norwegian fleet.
The British assault forced Denmark into an alliance with Napoleon.
As the British robbed fleet, was the Danish line ship "Prince Christian Frederik" not at home, the ship with Commander Jessen, had been in battle at Norway, the ship had to replaced 200 men, due to illness, with 200 new poorly trained men.
The battle took place 300 meters from the current entrance to the port city.
Commander Jessen would now draw the British ships away from the beltby going north about. Jessen drew as well the two British ships after him, but his pilot panicked and he refused to sail in on Sejerø, so the maneuver was a bit difficult and he had to expose himself.
Gradually it occurred to Jessen, that there were several English ships, there was now yet another ship in addition to the two and from the northeast came the three larger ships. Jessen's plan was still going around the spit, and under cover of darkness to reach Kronborg, but the wind failed him. Around the time. 5.30 succeeds Jessen to get around Zealand Point and get east, but there was no wind, so it was not possible to avoid a fight. Jessen sailed close to land, in order to grounds the ship, if it went wrong. There were two frigates and a corvette. Three ships of the line, "Vanguard" with 84 guns, "Stanley" with 68 guns, and "Nassau" also with 68 guns, "Prince Christian Frederik" had only 68 guns.
While "Vanguard" remained eastern to stop the Danish warship if it were to try to sail from its enemies, attacked the five British ships now, more than 200 cannons against the Danish line ship 68 cannons and where approx. third of the crew was inexperienced people
Odden residents gathered in the days after the battle, they washed ashore bodies of the sailors, a total of 29, and buried them at Odden cemetery. In 1810 raised landowner Lorentz Friberg, Anneberg, the monument to the ship Prince Christian Frederik at the cemetery.
In 1883 establishes the Lieutenant company a granite stone as a memorial of the fallen.
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