An item dated Vlissingen, Netherlands 26th reported that the British iron-built 3-mast ship Dancow loaded with saltpetre was towed into the harbour by two French tugs. She lost her anchors in the roads of Dunkirk, France and was abandoned by her crew. Fishermen boarded her while the original crew was on board of one of the tugs. She was to be towed towards Antwerp, Belgium