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HMS Wilhelmina (1798)
HMS ''Wilhelmina'' was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was previously a Dutch ship and had been built in 1787 for the Dutch Republic as the ''Wilhelmina''. She was renamed ''Furie'' in 1795, after the establishment of the Batavian Republic as a client state of the First French Empire. Like other Dutch ships at that time, she was pressed into service as part of French plans to support the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in the hope of destabilising Britain. The British captured her and the Dutch corvette ''Waakzaamheid'' in 1798 while the two were supporting French and Irish forces involved in the Irish Rebellion. The Royal Navy took both into service, with the ''Furie'' regaining her original name. Sailing as HMS ''Wilhelmina'', she spent the bulk of her later career in the East Indies, serving mostly as a troopship. Here she fought an unequal battle against a large French privateer, and succeeded in driving her off and protecting a merchant she was escorting. ''Wilhelmina'' was almost the ship that faced a superior French squadron at the Battle of Vizagapatam, but she was replaced beforehand by the larger . She spent the rest of her days as a guardship in Penang, and was sold there in 1813.
==Dutch career and capture==
(詳細はFlushing in 1787, and armed with 32 guns.〔Winfield (2008), p.198.〕 She sailed under that name for eight years for the Dutch Republic until the invasion of the Netherlands by the French in 1795 and the establishment of the Batavian Republic led to her being renamed ''Furie''.〔
In 1798 she was part of the Dutch contribution hastily assembled to support the uprising of the United Irishmen in 1798. ''Furie'', under the command of Captain Bartholomeus Pletz, and the 24-gun corvette ''Waakzaamheid'' under Captain Meindert van Neirop, were dispatched to carry men and supplies to Ireland.〔Clowes (1900), p.516-7.〕 ''Furie'' embarked 165 troops and ''Waakzaamheid'' 122. In addition, the ships carried over 6,000 stands of arms and large quantities of other military stores with which to arm the Irish irregular forces that they expected to meet. The two ships sailed from the Netherlands on the night of 23/24 October, and by 08:00 were northwest of the Texel, sailing westwards towards the English Channel. There they were spotted by the British frigate HMS ''Sirius'', under the command of Captain Richard King. ''Sirius'' had been stationed off the Texel to watch for Dutch movements and intercept any ships of smaller or equal size entering or leaving the waterway. Although van Neirop's squadron outnumbered King's ship, the British vessel was much larger and faster, and the Dutch were also hampered by their position: the two ships were more than apart, too far to offer mutual support against their opponent.〔
King first attacked the smaller and slower ''Waakzaamheid'', avoiding contact with the larger ''Furie'' as he did so. At 09:00 ''Sirius'' came alongside ''Waakzaamheid'' and fired a gun at her, prompting van Neirop to surrender immediately.〔 King secured the ''Waakzaamheid'' and set off in pursuit of ''Furie'', which was attempting to flee to the west. The chase lasted the rest of the day, with the ''Sirius'' eventually coming within range at 17:00. The two ships exchanged broadsides for half an hour, as Pletz attempted to maneuver out of King's range.〔 ''Furie'' was soon badly damaged whereas only one shot Dutch shot had struck ''Sirius'', and that on the bowsprit. At approximately 17:30, Pletz surrendered, having lost eight dead and 14 wounded; ''Sirius'' had only one man wounded. King transferred the prisoners and placed a prize crew on ''Furie'' before returning to the Nore with his prizes.〔
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