Naval history of Great Britain by William James


 
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Summaries of Data Extracted from
Naval history of Great Britain
by
William James

A list of ships of the line and frigates, late belonging to the Dutch navy captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt.

Date Lost Gun     Ship How, when, and where lost.
August 30, 1799 74 (O) Washington Captured by voluntary surrendering (the seamen having refused to fight against the orange flag) to a British squadron under Vice-admiral Mitchell, in the Vlieter, Texel.
64 (P) Cerberus
De Ruyter
Guelderland
Leyden
Utrecht
August 28, 1799 Vervachten Captured by the same British squadron, in the Nieueve Diep, Texel.
August 30, 1799 50 (T) Batavier Captured, with the Washington and squadron.
Beschermer
August 28, 1799 Broëderchap Captured, with the Vervachten and squadron.
44 - Belle-Antoinette
- Constitutie
- Duifze
- Expeditie
(V) Hector
Unie
  Gun-frig.
August 30, 1799 44 (W) Mars Captured, with the Washington and her squadron.
40 (X) Amphitrite
32 (G) Ambuscade
August 28, 1799 28 (I) Heldin Captured, with the Vervachten and squadron.
Minerve
24   Alarm
  Pollock
(O) Venus
May 4, 1804 32 (G) Proserpine Captured at the surrender of Surinam to the British.
January 9, 1806 64   Bato Destroyed by the Dutch, at the surrender of the Cape of Good Hope
May 28, 1806 64   Terrible Wrecked in the East Indies.
October 18, 1806 32 (G) Maria- Riggersbergen . Captured by the British frigate Caroline, in Batavia road, East Indies.
July 26, 1806 32   Pallas Captured with other vessels, by the British frigate Greyhound, and brig-sloop Harrier East Indies.
November 28, 1806 32   Phoenix Destroyed on being attacked by a British squadron under Rear-admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Bart., in Batavia road.
in December, 1807 68 ... Pluto Destroyed at Greisse in Java, by a British squadron under Vice-admiral Sir Edward Pellew.
... Revolutie
  Gun-frig
January 1, 1807 36 (H) Halstaar Captured by the Arethusa and squadron at the island of Curaçoa.
February 2, 1807 ... Utrecht Wrecked on one of the Orkney isles.
May 19th, 1808 36 D Guelderland Captured in the North sea, by the British frigate Virginie.

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