Dutch ship Gelijkheid
Plan of Prins Frederik Willem | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Dutch Republic | |
| Name | Prins Frederik Willem |
| Laid down | June 1777 |
| Commissioned | 1781 |
| Decommissioned | 1795 |
| Batavian Republic | |
| Name | Gelijkheid |
| Commissioned | 1795 |
| In service | 1795 |
| Out of service | 1797 |
| Captured | 11 October 1797 |
| Fate | Captured |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Gelykheid |
| Acquired | 1797 |
| Commissioned | 1797 |
| Decommissioned | 1814 |
| Reclassified |
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| Fate | Disposed, 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 68-gun ship of the line |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Prins Frederik Willem was a 68-gun ship of the line of the Dutch States Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of Rotterdam.[1] In 1795, the ship was commissioned into the Batavian Navy and renamed Gelijkheid. On 11 October 1797 Gelijkheid took part in the Battle of Camperdown, where she was captured by the British and renamed HMS Gelykheid.[2][3] In 1799, Gelykheid was a prison ship at Chatham Dockyard. In November 1803 the ship was stationed in the Humber as a guard ship. In 1807, Gelykheid became a sheer hulk at Falmouth, Cornwall and was decommissioned and sold in 1814.[4]
References
- ^ "Maritiem Digitaal NL". maritiemdigitaal.nl. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ 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), 197.
- ^ 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), 273.
- ^ "HMS Gelykheid". pbenyon.plus.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2014.