on several commissions at the Danish admiralty including the Rigging Commission in 1749, and in 1751 on both the Defence Commission and that reviewing the Articles of War. In the year before he was promoted to flag rank, he was appointed as a deputy at the Danish admiralty. Following promotion to rear admiral in 1755 he became, in 1756, interim head of the Holmen dockyard and then, in 1758, commander of a squadron convoying large troop transports from Norway and Denmark to Eckenførde in Schleswig-Holstein. It was also in 1758 that Fischer was promoted to vice admiral. Death and pensions He died on 7 December 1761 in Copenhagen and was buried in the cemetery of the German Reformed Church, Copenhagen. His widow sought a pension from the admiralty for herself and the nine children (two sons and seven daughters) who were still minors - the youngest still a babe-in-arms. This was granted in the sum of 300 Rigs dollar annually, and on the death of their mother twenty years later the six remaining unmarried daughters received a single supplementary payment of 30 Rdl. Notes References Citations Partial translation from Danish Wikipedia :da:Olfert Fas Fischer, augmented and checked by references given. Blumensaadt & Ingemand - Vores Slægt (lineage website) - Sidsel Marie Hassel Project Runeberg - C. With on Olvert Fas Fischer in Danish Biographical Lexicon Volume 5 pages 177-178 Royal Danish Naval Museum - List of Ships Royal Danish Naval Museum - Skibregister for record cards on most individual ships Project Runeberg: C With on Olfert Fas Fischer in DBL Vol 5 pages 177 -178 Topsøe-Jensen, H.: Olfert Fas Fischer in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon at lex.dk. accessed 15. June 2020 T. A. Topsøe-Jensen og Emil Marquard (1935) "Officerer i den dansk-norske Søetat 1660-1814 og den danske Søetat 1814-1932". Volume 1 and Volume 2 1700 births 1761 deaths 18th-century Danish naval officers Royal Danish Navy admirals Danish admirals Danish Asiatic Company people Danish people of Dutch descent