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The ''Vrijheid'' was a Dutch 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the navy of the Dutch Republic, the Batavian Republic, and the Royal Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of Amsterdam. The ship was commissioned in 1782. In 1783, a squadrion consisting of the ships ''Vrijheid'', ''Noordholland'', ''Hercules'', ''Drenthe'', ''Prins Willem'' and ''Harlingen'' was dispatched to the Mediterranean to deal with differences that had arisen with Venice. On 2 February 1784, the squadron docked at the coast near the island of Minorca. In the night between 3 and 4 February a storm blew up which lasted for 48 hours. The ''Vrijheid'' was almost smashed on the rocks and only just managed to stay afloat, while the ''Drenthe'' keeled over and sank.〔Irene de Groot and Robert Vorstman, ''Sailing Ships: Prints by the Dutch masters from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century'' (Maarssen: Uitgeverij Gary Schwartz, 1980), 171-172.〕 In 1795, the ship was commissioned in the Batavian Navy. On 11 October 1797 the ''Vrijheid'' took part in the Battle of Camperdown as the flagship of Admiral Jan Willem de Winter. At a certain point, the ''Vrijheid'' was engaged by four British ships, and after heavy fighting the ship surrendered.〔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), 341-347.〕 The ship was renamed HMS ''Vryheid'', and from 1798 she served as a prison ship. In 1802 she became a powder hulk until she was sold in 1811.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Design histories of rated warships... "tracing the family trees" () - Sails of Glory Anchorage )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dutch ship Vrijheid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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