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Dutch ship Willem de Eerste

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The ship Willem de Eerste in 1785.
History
Dutch Navy Ensign
Dutch Republic
NameWillem de Eerste
Laid down1782
Launched1785
Commissioned1785
Decommissioned1795
Batavian Navy Ensign
Batavian Republic
NameBrutus
Commissioned1795
In service1795
Out of service1813
RenamedBraband in 1806
Dutch Royal Navy Ensign
Kingdom of the Netherlands
NameBraband
Commissioned1813
Decommissioned1820
FateBroken up, 1820
General characteristics
Class and type
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 24-pounder guns
  • Quarterdeck and Forecastle: 16 × 12-pounder guns

The Willem de Eerste was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the navy of the Dutch Republic, the Batavian Republic, and the Royal Netherlands Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of the Meuse.[1]

The ship was commissioned in 1785. In 1795, the ship was renamed Brutus and incorporated in the Batavian Navy. On 11 October 1797 the Brutus took part in the Battle of Camperdown under Rear-Admiral Johan Bloys van Treslong. A cannonball hit the Rear-Admiral's right arm, which had to be amputated. Brutus soon left the battle, when she couldn't reach the flagship Vryheid because the burning ship Hercules blocked the way. After the battle, on 13 October, the ship was found by the frigate HMS Endymion and was attacked. Brutus sailed deeper in the Dutch waters of the Goeree channel, where she was no longer pursued by the British vessel.[2]

In 1806, the Brutus was renamed Braband. In the years 1811-1813, the ship formed part of the French navy, but she was returned to the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1814. In 1815 she was fitted out to sail to the Dutch East Indies, but it soon became clear that her hull wasn't strong enough for the voyage, and she sailed no further than Portsmouth. The ship was eventually broken up in 1820.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Oceania / DNS Prins Willem de Eerste-1785". oceania.pbworks.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  2. ^ William James. The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 2, 1797–1799 (London: R. Bentley, 1826),77.
  3. ^ "Oceania / DNS Prins Willem de Eerste-1785". oceania.pbworks.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13.


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