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Monday 20 July 2015

Dutch 3rd charter Overijssel (ex-Spanish San Felipe Apostol 1783-1794) 1794-1796 (seized by British

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, built at Ferrol, Spain as the Spanish San Felipe Apostol in 1783, authorized to buy to replaced the condemned Overijssel of 1781-1782 on 8 April 1794, bought at Cadiz, Spain on 24 June 1794, hold by British HMS Polyphemus on 2 March 1795, under British embargo brought to Plymouth, England on 22 October 1795, sized by the British on 20 February 1796, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 153 x 48 x ?, an armament of 64-68 guns and in British service a measurement of 1.226 tons.