- Dutch ship Delft
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51°54′08″N 4°27′06″E / 51.90221°N 4.45154°E
Model of the Delft at Shipyard De Delft in RotterdamCareer (Dutch Republic) 
Name: Delft Ordered: 27 May 1782 Commissioned: 16 May 1783 Out of service: 19 January 1795 Career (Batavian Republic) 
In service: 19 January 1795 Captured: 11 October 1797 Fate: Sank on 15 October 1797 General characteristics Class and type: 56-gun fourth rate
ship of the linePropulsion: Sails Sail plan: Full rigged ship The Delft was a Dutch 56-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the navy of the Dutch Republic and the Batavian Republic.
The order to construct the ship was given on 27 May 1782 by the Admiralty of the Meuse. The ship was commissioned on 16 May 1783 by the United Netherlands Navy.
On 24 December 1787 the Delft set sail on a mission against the Barbary pirates and protected Dutch traders in the Mediterranean.
For the ship's second mission starting 31 May 1793 Theodorus Frederik van Capellen became the new commanding officer. During this mission 75 Dutch slaves were freed from Algiers.
In 1795 the Dutch Republic was conquered by the French and the new Batavian Republic was founded. Delft was initially disarmed by the French (because they feared that it could be used by Orangist rebels) but the ship was later reactivated to participate in the war with Britain. Gerrit Verdooren van Asperen became her captain.
On 11 October 1797 the Delft took part in the Battle of Camperdown. Despite heavy resistance the ship was captured by the British and sank off Scheveningen four days later while being towed to Britain.
Work has been underway in Rotterdam since 2001 to build a replica of the Delft at Shipyard De Delft (Dutch: Scheepswerf De Delft) in Delfshaven, near to the place where the original ship was built.
See also
- French frigate Hermione (1779)
Gallery
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Stern of the Delft replica in 2008
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The replica of the Delft seen from the river Meuse in 2011
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Bow of the Delft replica in 2011
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Starboard side of the Delft replica in 2011
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Shipyard De Delft seen from the Westzeedijk in 2011
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Front of Shipyard De Delft in 2011
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Rigging model of the Delft in 2011
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Stern of the Delft replica in 2011
External links
- (Dutch) Stichting historisch schip 'De Delft'
- Shipyard De Delft (old site in English)
Categories:- Dutch history stubs
- Ships of the line of the Dutch Republic
- Ships of the line of the Batavian Republic
- Ships built in the Netherlands
- 1780s ships
- Maritime incidents in 1797
- Shipwrecks in the North Sea
- Replica ships
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