On this day.

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The Danish schooner The Alban was under the command of Lieutenant Thøger Emil Rosenørn when she encountered HMS Rifleman, an 18-gun Cruzier-class brig on 11 May 1811 near the Shetland Islands. The Alban was captured by the Danes from the British in 1810. Rifleman chased The Alban for twelve hours before she succeeded in capturing the Dane. The Alban was armed with 12 guns and had a crew of 58 men. She was three days out of Farsund, Norway, but had not captured anything.

According to Danish sources, Rosenørn fought bravely and when he saw that defeat was inevitable, he hacked away rigging and created holes in the hull before he surrendered. Even so, The Alban did not sink and the British took her back into service as Alban.