An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 9th reported that the Dutch hospital ship of hulk of the Dutch East Indies Company lost her anchors and cables and driven away by the strong Easter wind from the roads of Texel, Netherlands and run ashore at the inner Haaks. A pilot boat departed from behind Kijkduin in the evening to support her. A second item dated the 10th reported that she apparently during the night was refloated but driven towards open sea without he possibility to save any crewmember. The edition dated 28th reported however good news. A master arriving at Rotterdam, Netherlands coming from England reported that the hospital ship the Hulk which on Sunday 9th was driven towards open sea on the 13th by two fishermen of Gravesend was taken into the harbour of Blakeney, Engeland. The two involved fishery vessels were the Thomas and Sally master Mich. Cavenger and the Thomas and Mary master Th. Brown, On board of the Hulk were 74 men including 45 sick men. The Leydse courant of the 31st published an item dated Leyden, Netherlands 30th reporting that the survivors were well treated in England. (1) The men were however ill-fated. The Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant dated 14 February 1782 reported that they were released and on 13th January departed 35 of them on board of another vessel hack to the Netherlands. However their ship wrecked and just 10 men survived the disaster, 29 men drowned (included 4 British sailors). The Groninger courant dated 19th February supplied some more details dealing with this disaster, The hulk was no longer seaworthy and that was the reason the 32men returned on the 21st with the British sloop Swift manned by four British sailors. On the 29th runs she ashore and was totally wrecked. The 10 survivors were transported by a vessel over the flats towards Groningen.
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1. This seemed to be a strange remark but the Netherland and England were at that moment in war*the fourth Anglo-Dutch War 1780-1784).
