 After the Bombardment of Copenhagen and the British confiscation of the Danish fleet, he returned to Denmark where he enrolled on "Prinds Christian Frederik", the only remaining Danish ship-of-the-line.On 22 March 1808, in the Battle of Zealand Point, the ship was driven onto the sandbar by a British.Willemoes was among the 69 Danish casualties, hit by a bullet to his head, and was afterwards buried at Odden Cemetery.