Dutch ship Hercules
The Hercules was a Dutch 68-gun third 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 the Meuse in 1781. In 1795, the ship was commissioned in the Batavian Navy. On 11 October 1797 the Hercules took part in the Battle of Camperdown under Captain G.J. van Rijsoort. Fire broke out on the ship, and she was eventually captured by the British and renamed HMS Delft, in honour of the brave resistance this ship made in the battle.
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Dutch ship Hercules
The Hercules was a Dutch 68-gun third 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 the Meuse in 1781. In 1795, the ship was commissioned in the Batavian Navy. On 11 October 1797 the Hercules took part in the Battle of Camperdown under Captain G.J. van Rijsoort. Fire broke out on the ship, and she was eventually captured by the British and renamed HMS Delft, in honour of the brave resistance this ship made in the battle.
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The Hercules was a Dutch 68-gu ...... close to the town of Harwich.
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1797-10-11
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1782-04-12
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Sunk as a breakwater in 1822
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*68 Guns:
* Lower gundeck: 26 ...... rdeck & Forecastle: 8 x 8 pdrs
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*Transport ship in 1799
*Prison ship from 1802
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The Hercules was a Dutch 68-gu ...... this ship made in the battle.
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Dutch ship Hercules
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HMS Delft
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