Of the admiralty Friesland, on
stocks at Harlingen, Netherlands in 1780, launched in 1781, nearly completed in
October 1781, rerazeed 1794-1795, converted into a keel lighter in 1797, captured
by British in 1799, one gun deck, dimensions 154 x 44 x 17 feet, an armament of
20 (after 1795)-36-44 guns and a crew numbering 270 men.
