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Friday, 30 August 2019

Dutch merchant frigate Frederique hold by a corvette of the Independents according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 6 July 1818

Flushing, 30 June. The frigate Frederique master C.P. Eijgers loaded with sugar, coffee and paint timber arrived that day coming from Havana, Cuba and sailed via the Schelde towards Antwerp, Belgium. Her master reported that they were underway stopped by a corvette of the Independents but nothing was done because they were flying the Dutch flag. Eijgers sold to the master of the privateer a so-called glass minute.