On this weblog I published some notes dealing with the Russians and the Danes and the armed neutrality policy in 1780. The Mercurius published around May 1781 again some interesting naval news dealing with the so called Triple Alliantie. According to the reporter the Russian Court tried to intermediate between the Dutch and the British. But he feared that the signing of a peace treaty was far away, despite the fact that England not only had to deal with her enemies but also with the navies of the "Northern" navies in case there came no treaty. He wanted to prove his opinion by referring to the lists of the Russian, Danish and Swedish warships which were to arrive off Texel in June 1781. Between the Netherlands and the three countries was an armed neutrality treaty signed. Expected were 30 Russian ships-of-the-line and 16 frigates, 20 Danish ships-of-the-line en 10 frigates and 18 Swedish ships-of-the-line and 12 frigates. The Dutch were to join with another 40 ships-of-the-line, totally 146 ships. Ten of the 20 Danish ships-of-the-line were fitted out for Prussian account. Of the Swedish ships-of-the-line were 8 and 2 frigates to be transferred into Dutch service! I hope to find more information in Dutch archives about the Swedish ships destined for the Dutch navy.
Source
Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Bernardus Mourik, Amsterdam 1781.
Source
Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Bernardus Mourik, Amsterdam 1781.
