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may have arrived a few days earlier. On 17 August the British captured the Dutch expeditionary force at Saldanha Bay in a bloodless "battle". Most of the sailors and soldiers in the Dutch force were Germans and nearly all entered British service, either with the Royal Navy or the
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In November she was fitted at Plymouth as a receiving ship. She was formally named and registered on 22 November 1797.
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to Cape Town late in the year to take command of captured ships.) In April 1797 Burlton then sailed
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decided to make an attempt to reconquer the Cape. To that end it sent nine ships of the
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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in February 1796. This expedition arrived at Saldanha Bay on 6 August 1796, though
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was built at Delfshaven and launched in 1786. The British captured her at the
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fitted her as a receiving ship in November 1797; she was sold in 1806.
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in December 1805 and she was sold the following year.
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Frigate, 40-gun (Fifth Charter; Dutch), or 44-gun (
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Castor (ship)
HMS Saldanha
Dutch Navy Ensign
Batavian Navy Ensign
Dutch Republic
Castor (ship)
Royal Navy Ensign
Great Britain
fifth rate
bm
Sails
QD
Fc
capitulation of Saldanha Bay
Royal Navy
Batavian Republic
Batavian Navy
Engelbertus Lucas
East India Company
cartel
George Burlton
post captains
HMS Trusty
ordinary
Hamoaze



van Maanen (2008)

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