The creation of a Batavian naval force according to the Dutch newspaper Ommelander Courant dated 7 October 1800

An item dated Flushing 1 October reported that in the harbours there a squadron was fitted out consisting of the 3 recently arrived French frigates coming from Dunkirk, the Dutch 64-gun ship of the line Pluto which some days ago arrived on the roads and further more of Dutch frigates, corvettes, sloops, brigs and other small vessels. It was known that at Rotterdam and Hellevoetsluis the fitting out of new ships ceaseless continued. The idea of recreating a Batavian naval force wasn’t forgotten. It was suspected that a part of this naval force was to defend the coasts of the province Zeeland and the mouths of the rivers Maas and Schelde.

Note

1. According to Asmus was the 68-gun Pluto in 1798 built by P. Schuit jr with the dimensions 180 x 48 x 21½ Amsterdam feet, departed she in 1803 towards the East Indies where she was lost in 1807.