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Sunday 4 September 2011

Dutch naval strength around 1806

Chatham, 90 guns, 1799 built, serviceable time presumably 30 years, lying at Hellevoetsluis
Wreeker, 80 guns, 1797 built, serviceable time presumably 30 years, at Texel
Zoutman, 80 guns, 1798, serviceable time presumably 20 years, at Texel
Admiraal de Ruiter, 80 guns
De Leeuw, 80 guns
Brutus, 76 guns, 1782 built, serviceable time presumably 10 years, at Texel
Bato, 76 guns, 1782 built, serviceable time presumably 2 years, at Kaap de Goede Hoop
Kortenaar, 68 guns, 1795 built, serviceable time presumably 2 years, in Dutch East Indies
Olden Barneveld, 68 guns, 1796 built, presumably useless, at Ferrol
Doggersbank, 68 guns, 1797 built, serviceable time presumably 16 years, at Texel
Joan de Wit, 68 guns, 1798 built, serviceable time presumably 20 years, at Texel
Neptunes, 68 guns, 1798 built, serviceable time presumably 16 years, Texel
Revolutie, 68 guns, 1798 built, serviceable time presumably 2 years, in Dutch East Indies
Pieter Paulus, 68 guns, 1798 built, serviceable time presumably 20 years, at Hellevoetsluis
Schrikverwekker, 68 guns, 1798 built, serviceable time presumably 2 years, in East Indies
Herstelder, 68 guns, 1798 built, serviceable time presumably 20 years, at Texel
Pluto, 68 guns, 1798, serviceable time presumably 2 years, in Dutch East Indies
Phoenix, 32 guns, 1797 built, serviceable time presumably 2 years, in Dutch East Indies
Kenau Hasselaar, 32 guns, 1800 built, serviceable time presumably 2 years, in Dutch West-Indies
Pallas, 32 guns, 1801 built, serviceable time presumably 2 years, in Dutch East Indies
Euridice, 32 guns, 1801, serviceable time presumably 25 years, at Hellevoetsluis
Irene, 32 guns, 1803 built, serviceable time presumably 30 years, at Hellevoetsluis
Diana, 32 guns, 1804, on stocks at Rotterdam
Maria Reygersbergen, 32 guns, 1800, serviceable time presumably 2 years, in Dutch East Indies
Orpheus, 32 guns, 1802 built, serviceable time presumably 30 years, at Texel
Aurora, 32 guns, 1802 built, serviceable time presumably 30 guns, at Flushing
Minerva, 32 guns, 1804, on stocks at Flushing
Zee-Paard, 24 guns, 1782 built, serviceable time presumably 6 years, at Texel
Walcheren, 24 guns, 1787 built, for active service unsuitable, old, serving as floating magazine
Scipio, 20 guns, 1785 bought in England, should be already condemned, Dutch East Indies
Iris, 20 guns, 1802 built, serviceable time presumably 30 years, at Texel
Spion, 18 guns, 1797 built, privateer in Norway
Ajax, 18 guns, 1796 built, serviceable time presumably 20 years, at Texel
Avanturier, 18 guns, 1801 built, serviceable time presumably 2 years, in Dutch East Indies
Vlieg, 6 guns, 1788 built, serviceable time presumably 12 years, at Texel
8 gunboats, 6 guns, 1798 built, located at several places
3 gun galleys, 7 guns, 1799 built, in the Waddenzee
24 gun schooners, 7 guns, 1800, partly inland service and at Oostende
216 flat-bottomed vessels, 3 guns, 1803-1804, at Oostende
38 gun schooners, 7 guns, 1803-1804 built, at Oostende
31 landing vessels, 1 gun, 1804-1805 built, at Texel
6 coast vessels, 1 gun, 1804 built, 4 at Texel, 2 at Hellevoetsluis

Source
Collectie Verhuel (National Archive at The Hague)