An item dated Middelburg dated the 3rd reported that on the 1st there two gunboats were launched which departed the next day towards Flushing.(1) A second item dated Flushing the 3rd reported that both gunboats towed by a kaag arrived on the 2nd in the Dokhaven. At that moment were in that harbour including the ones still on stocks fourteen.(2) This number would be increased when the gunboats at that moment being built were launched and immediately afterwards the keels would be laid down of more such vessels. Another newspaper Groninger courant dated 11 October published an item dated Flushing 4th reporting that the French general Monnet informed the town council that Napoleon would arrived on the 11th. Two days earlier arrived two flat-bottomed gunboats from Middelburg where they were built.(1) The building of such vessels at Middelburg and Flushing continued.
Notes
1. Built for the intended French invasion of England. Zeeuws Archief. Handschriftenverzameling no. 358. The involved gunboats were the no.’s 133 and 134 built at the former Dutch East Indies shipyard. Supervisor during their building was Johannis de Villairs. a so-called commodore of the ships’ carpenters. Since 23 March 1798 responsible for the affairs of this yard until she was closed in 1805. 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'.
2. Built 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
Notes
1. Built for the intended French invasion of England. Zeeuws Archief. Handschriftenverzameling no. 358. The involved gunboats were the no.’s 133 and 134 built at the former Dutch East Indies shipyard. Supervisor during their building was Johannis de Villairs. a so-called commodore of the ships’ carpenters. Since 23 March 1798 responsible for the affairs of this yard until she was closed in 1805. 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'.
2. Built 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
