Drawing Maritiem Museum Rotterdam, Netherlands T 429 of the Daphne when she on 9 November 1800 near Zierikzee, Netherlands in a heavy gale stranded against the dyke. Original link
On 15 April 1796 ordered to be built 16 guns brig, notification ship called Daphné 24 May 1796, launched at Rotterdam, Netherlands by P. Glavimans in 30 September 1796, given to Morocco 1804 or 1806, ornamention by Maijstre, dimensions 114 (over deck) x 32¾ x 16 guns and with an armament of 16-22 guns.
The Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 11th November 1800 published an item dated Middelburg, Netehrlands the 10th reporting that it was not possible to give details about the fate of the warships lying off Vlissingen and Veere. The received details were too confusing and so the newspaper decided to report nothing instead of nonsense.
The edition dated 13th published an item dated Middelburg, Netherlands 12th reporting that it was not possible to supply a day earlier more details about the warships lying in the roads of Vlissingen, Netherlands. Now it became clear that one mastless French frigate was stranded on the Cloot and the brad new Dutch ship of the line Pluto off the Zuidwetering was stranded and a yet unknown warship at the Nieuwlandsche wal.
Private tidings dealing with the warships lying off Zierikzee, Netherlands reported that one was still anchored, one was lying mastless before the Zuidhoek off the gallows, a third one stranded on the slikken [tidal flats], a fourth one stranded at the corner of Ouwerkerk and the fifth one stranded at the Keete. Among the ships stranded at Zierikzee were the Daphne, Hippomenes and Ajax.
