 The Batavier (E) during the Battle of the Dogger Bank on 5 August 1781.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Dutch Republic | |
| Name | Batavier |
| Launched | 1779 |
| Commissioned | 1780 |
| Decommissioned | 1795 |
| History | |
 Batavian Republic | |
| Name | Batavier |
| Commissioned | 1795 |
| In service | 1795 |
| Out of service | 1799 |
| Fate | Captured |
| History | |
 UK | |
| Acquired | 1799 |
| Commissioned | 1799 |
| Out of service | 1823 |
| Fate | Broken up in 1823 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | list error: <br /> list (help) 56-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1048 |
| Length | 144' |
| Beam | 40' |
| Depth of hold | 16' |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full rigged ship |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) Lower gundeck: 22 × 24-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 24 × 12-pounder guns |
| Notes | Served as a hospital ship in the years 1809-1823 |
The Batavier was a Dutch 56-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the navy of the Dutch Republic, the Batavian Republic, and the Royal Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of Amsterdam. The ship was commissioned in 1780.[1] On 5 August 1781, the Batavier took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank under captain Wolter Jan Gerrit Bentinck. The Batavier sailed in the middle of the Dutch line, between the ships Admiraal de Ruyter and Argo. She was attacked by 3 British ships, and became steerless after a fire broke out. Neither the British nor the Dutch were victorious in the battle, and afterwards the Batavier was towed to Texel. Bentinck later died of the wounds he'd received. [2]
In 1795, the ship was commissioned in the Batavian Navy.
On 11 October 1797 the Batavier took part in the Battle of Camperdown under captain Jan Jacob Souter. Early in the battle, the ship was under heavy fire, but soon she drifted off, and she eventually left the scene and fled to Texel. [3]
On 30 August 1799 the ship was surrendered to the British during the Vlieter Incident, even though the Batavier was the only ship of the Dutch fleet where no mutiny had broken out. [4]
The ship was incorporated into the Royal Navy and served as a hospital ship at Woolwich from 1809 onward under Lieutenant Thomas Dorsett Birchall, until she was broken up in 1823.[5]
References edit
- ^ Noordhollandsche Courant, 05-07-1780, via: http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010721496:mpeg21:a0003
- ^ http://www.regiocanons.nl/overijssel/salland/raalte/bentinck-
- ^ Martinus Stuart. Jaarboeken van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, deel 2 (Amsterdam: E. Maaskamp, 1797), 1373.
- ^ L.C. Vonk. Geschiedenis van de landing van het Engelss-Russische leger in Noord-Holland (Haarlem: Francois Bohn, 1801), 58.
- ^ http://www.sailingnavies.com/show_ship.php?nid=1&id=5037
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