An item dated Flushing the 14th reported that again six vessels were launched and all efforts continued to built more vessels. According to rumours was a large flotilla to be collected at Flushing.(1) Another newspaper Amsterdamsche courant of the same date confirmed this item.
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1. Built for the intended French invasion of England at the former Admiralty yard at Flushing. See for an article Dutch written dealing with this yard on http://gemeentearchiefvlissingen.blogspot.nl/2013/06/de-vlissingse-admiraliteitswerf.html. Admiraliteitsarchieven XLVII no. 17 (Asmus) at National Archive, The Hague, Netherlands. At Flushing were between 1803 and 1804 flat-bottomed vessels armed with 3 guns built with as dimensions 50'x 20'x 6½'.
Note
1. Built for the intended French invasion of England at the former Admiralty yard at Flushing. See for an article Dutch written dealing with this yard on http://gemeentearchiefvlissingen.blogspot.nl/2013/06/de-vlissingse-admiraliteitswerf.html. Admiraliteitsarchieven XLVII no. 17 (Asmus) at National Archive, The Hague, Netherlands. At Flushing were between 1803 and 1804 flat-bottomed vessels armed with 3 guns built with as dimensions 50'x 20'x 6½'.
