Sea Company (est. 1803 at Archangel), consisting of salt, cordage etc., as well as some vessels loaded with corn. The Times reported that this was the first British amphibious landing on a Russian territory, news of the attack on Kildin Island either being subsumed or overlooked. The Russian account of the incident is that a British vessel sent two boats with 35 men under a lieutenant. Kola had been demilitarized during the reign of Paul I, but its citizens quickly formed a militia corps of about 300 men under the command of the merchant Matvey Gerasimov to resist the attack. However the Governor, fearing possible reprisals, forbade any resistance so most of population of the town (numbering roughly 1,000 individuals) left Kola with their goods. The British force entered the town unopposed, sacking Kola before arresting the Governor and other government officials. They then returned to their ships and left, after capturing all vessels present in the bay. Leeward Islands Nyaden sailed for the Leeward Islands on 14 January 1810. On the way, on 17 January, she and Dannemark, with in company, captured the brig Thomas. (Prize money was available for payment on 24 November 1812.) On 8 and 10 July Nyaden captured Marrimack and Sally. (Prize money was paid on 19 November 1816.) While she served in the Leeward Islands she suffered an epidemic of yellow fever that killed 47 of her crew. On 19 April 1811 Cottrell died of "a rapid consumption" while Nyaden was off Barbados. His replacement was Captain Robert Merrick Fowler. Later, she came under the command of Captain Farmery Predam Epworth. In the spring of 1812 she was carrying dispatches from Lisbon back to Great Britain when a flotilla of five French ships of the line that had escaped from Lorient spotted her. The French ships pursued Nyaden and shots were exchanged, but although some shots damaged her rigging, she managed to flee and warn a convoy of three East Indiamen, Northampton, Monarch, and . The French, bound for Brest, continued on their route without giving chase. Fate Nyaden was broken up in May 1812. Post script The British took the lines off Najaden, and they are available at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. The Royal Danish Naval Museum holds a set of the 1795/96 plans for the Najaden, signed by Hohlenberg. Notes Citations References External links Frigates of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy