Dutch Fifth Rate frigate 'Embuscade' (1795)

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Embuscade
Nominal Guns	32	M01
Nationality	Batavian Republic
Operator	Admiralty of the Maze
Acquired	23.4.1795	M01
How acquired	Purchased on the Stocks	M01
Shipyard	Rotterdam - Holland	M01
Category	Fifth Rate	M01
Ship Type	Frigate	M01
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	M01
Captured	30.8.1799	M01
Becomes	British floating battery 'Ambuscade' (1799) (32) 1799-1807 British 32 Gun Unrated Floating Battery 1803 Renamed "Helder"

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentM01
Length of Gundeck140' 0"Amsterdam Feet39.634 (130′ 0″ Imperial)
Breadth39' 4"Amsterdam Feet11.0523 (36′ 3″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold15' 0"Amsterdam Feet4.2465 (13′ 11″ Imperial)

Service History

DateEventSource
30.8.1799Seizure of the Dutch Fleet at Vlieter
30.8.1799Taken by the British in the Vlieter

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IDNameAuthorType

M01Ron van Maanen, Document

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