Dutch cutter Kemphaan (1781)

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Prinsenvlag.svg Flag of the Batavian Republic.svg Dutch Republic
Namede Kemphaan
Builder
  • Cutter: P. v. Zwinjndregt, Rotterdam
  • Brig-sloop conversion: P. v. Zwinjndregt, Rotterdam
Launched1781
Captured22 August 1799
Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svgGreat Britain
NameHMS Camphaan
Acquired22 August 1799 by capture
FateBroken up April 1802 [lower-alpha 1]
General characteristics
Type brig-sloop
Tons burthen262 (bm) [2]
Length
Beam
  • Cutter: 28'
  • Brig-sloop: 28' 4⁄11
Depth of hold
Propulsion Sails
Complement70 (1792)
Armament
  • Cutter: 12 guns
  • Brig-sloop:18 guns
  • British service: 16 × 6-pounder guns

The Dutch cutter Kemphaan, meaning "game cock", was launched in 1781 as a 12-gun advice boat, with a mission of carrying dispatches between the Netherlands and its colonies. The Dutch increased her length by almost a quarter in 1787, gave her six more guns, and made a brig-sloop out of her. The British captured her in 1799 when they captured Suriname. She then served briefly in the Royal Navy as HMS Camphaan before she was broken up in early 1802.

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Dutch service and capture

There are accounts of Kemphaan's service in the 1780s (in Dutch). In August 1781 she was at the battle of Dogger Bank. [4]

In 1782 she was under the command of Lieutenant Johannes Janse Eye (Jean Jantzen Eye). In 1787 the Dutch extended Kemphaan and converted her to a brig-sloop. [3] Between October 1793 and 31 August 1794, Captain Frans Smeer escorted a convoy of merchantmen to the West Indies.

On 20 August 1799, a British force under the command of Lieutenant-General Thomas Trigge and Vice Admiral the Right Honourable Lord Hugh Seymour captured the Dutch colony of Suriname. Among the various items of booty was the Dutch brig-sloop Kemphaan and the French corvette Hussard. [5] Kemphaan was under the command of Kaptain P. Smeer, and was described as having an armament of sixteen 6-pounder guns. Seymour appointed Lieutenant Richard Thwaite, of Prince of Wales to command Camphaan. [6]

Fate

Camphaan was sold in April 1802 for breaking up. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Van Maanen states that Kemphaan was broken up in 1797, but this appears completely incorrect. [1]
  2. ↑ All linear measurements are in Amsterdam feet (voet) of 11 Amsterdam inches (duim) (see Dutch units of measurement). The Amsterdam foot is about 8% shorter than an English foot. The data is from the Rotterdams jaarboekje. [3]
  3. ↑ Van Maanen gives the hold depth as 12'9⁄11. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 van Maanen (2008), p. 22.
  2. 1 2 Winfield (2008), p. 290.
  3. 1 2 Historisch Genootschap Roterodamum (1900), p. 106.
  4. ↑ Gerrits (1831), p. 403.
  5. ↑ "No. 15194". The London Gazette . 12 October 1799. pp. 1049–1053.
  6. ↑ "No. 15194". The London Gazette . 12 October 1799. p. 1053.

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References

For a map of Kemphaan's voyages in 1781-86, 1793–94, and 1799 see:


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