Dutch ship Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes De Vries

The Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes de Vries was a Dutch 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the navy of the Admiralty of Friesland, one of five provincial naval forces of the United Republic of the Netherlands' In 1795, following the French occupation of the Netherlands, this ship (like all other Dutch Warships) was taken over by the Batavian Republic, and in 1797 was captured by the Royal Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of Friesland.[1] In 1783 the Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes de Vries sailed to the Mediterranean Sea under Captain Van der Beets. When she returned in the Dutch Republic she was laid up in ordinary until 1795.[2]

The ship Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes de Vries during the Battle of Camperdown.
History
Dutch Republic
Name: Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes de Vries
Launched: 12 November 1782
Commissioned: 1783
Decommissioned: 1795
Batavian Republic
Name: Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes de Vries
Commissioned: 1795
In service: 1795
Out of service: 1797
Captured: 11 October 1797
Fate: Captured
UK
Name: HMS Admiral de Vries
Acquired: 1797
Commissioned: 1797
Decommissioned: 1806
Reclassified:
Fate: Disposed in 1806
General characteristics in Dutch service
Class and type:
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 68 Guns:

In 1795, the ship was commissioned in the Batavian Navy.

On 11 October 1797 the Admiraal Tjerk Hiddes de Vries took part in the Battle of Camperdown under Captain J.B. Zeegers. The ship was captured by the British.[3]

The ship was renamed HMS Admiral DeVries, and in 1799 she served as a transport ship. In that year she sailed to the West Indies. She sprang a leak off San Domingo and was determined to be unfit for sea. She served as a prison hulk in Port Royal until she was sold in 1806.[4][5]

References
  1. J.F. Fischer Fzn. De Delft: De dagjournalen met de complete en authentieke geschiedenis van 's Lands schip van oorlog Delft en de waarheid over de zeeslag bij Camperduin (Franeker: Van Wijnen, 1997), 136.
  2. Thea Roodhuyzen, De Amdiraliteit van Friesland (Franeker: Van Wijnen, 2003), 38.
  3. J.F. Fischer Fzn. De Delft: De dagjournalen met de complete en authentieke geschiedenis van 's Lands schip van oorlog Delft en de waarheid over de zeeslag bij Camperduin (Franeker: Van Wijnen, 1997), 394.
  4. "Admiral de Vries (68) [1797]".
  5. "HMS Admiral Devries HMS Admiral Mitchell". ancestry.com.
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