An item dated Flushing the 16th reported that daily armed gun schooners and seized vessels arrived. The latter were berthed in the so-called Pottekaai and already numbered nearly a hundred. That afternoon inspected the Navy Council Van Royen and rear admiral Ver Huell (1) the flotilla.(2)
Notes
1. Carel Hendrik count Ver Huell (4 February 1764 Doetinchem, Netherlands-25 October 1845 Paris, France). Dutch and French navy officer, ending his career in the rank of vice-admiral. In 1806 he became minister of navy in the Kingdom Holland.
2. Built for the French invasion of England.
Notes
1. Carel Hendrik count Ver Huell (4 February 1764 Doetinchem, Netherlands-25 October 1845 Paris, France). Dutch and French navy officer, ending his career in the rank of vice-admiral. In 1806 he became minister of navy in the Kingdom Holland.
2. Built for the French invasion of England.
