Event
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Vlieter Incident
30 Aug 1799 · 52.90° N, 4.97° E
What the records say
- When
- 30 Aug 1799
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 52.90° N, 4.97° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Vlieter incident.
Summary
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland: Vlieter Incident – A squadron of the Batavian Republic's navy, commanded by Rear-Admiral Samuel Story, surrenders to the British Royal Navy, under Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell, near Wieringen, without joining action.
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Durch die Kapitulation im Vlieter wird das letzte kampfstarke niederländische Marinegeschwader an die britische Royal Navy ausgeliefert”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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