An item dated Flushing the 20th reported that the Council of the Batavian Navy ordered the building of a 32 gun frigate at Flushing to be named Minerva.(1) This news was enthusiastically received by the population of Flushing according to the same newspaper. The newspapers Groninger Courant and Bataafsche Leeuwarder courant of the same date confirmed this item.
Note
1. Admiraliteitsarchieven XLVII no. 17 (Asmus) at National Archive, The Hague, Netherlands mentioned a 32-gun frigate built in 1805 with as dimensions 145’ x 40’ x 15‘.
