An item Flushing 24th September reported that under French and Batavian supervision all efforts were continued on the shipyards and two days earlier were again 4 flat-bottomed vessels at the navy yard launched.(1) The frigate Aurora still on stacks at the navy shipyard was in such far advanced that order was given to launch her when Napoleon would visit Flushing.
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1. Built for the intended French invasion of England 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 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'.
