Vlieter Incident

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The Vlieter Incident was a 1799 episode during the French Revolutionary Wars in which the Dutch fleet surrendered without a fight to the British, significantly aiding the Anglo-Russian campaign in the Netherlands.

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Vlieter Incident canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
military incident ⓘ
naval surrender ⓘ
belligerent Batavian Navy ⓘ
Batavian Republic ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
category 1799 in the Netherlands ⓘ
Naval battles of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Naval history of the Netherlands ⓘ
cause low morale in the Batavian fleet ⓘ
mutiny and Orangist sympathies among Batavian crews ⓘ
commander Adam Duncan ⓘ
Andrew Mitchell ⓘ
Samuel Story ⓘ
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
country Batavian Republic ⓘ
countryAtTime Batavian Republic ⓘ
date 1799-08-30 ⓘ
effect capture of the Batavian fleet by Britain ⓘ
loss of Batavian naval assets ⓘ
significant aid to the Anglo-Russian campaign in the Netherlands ⓘ
strengthening of British naval power ⓘ
fleetAcceptedSurrender British fleet ⓘ
fleetSurrendered Batavian fleet ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Revolutionary era ⓘ
languageOfName Dutch ⓘ
location De Vlieter ⓘ
Marsdiep ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
namedAfter De Vlieter sandbank ⓘ
noShotsFired true ⓘ
notableFor political divisions within the Batavian Republic ⓘ
surrender of an entire fleet without engagement ⓘ
opponentOf French First Republic ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-Russian expedition to the Netherlands ⓘ
Battle of Camperdown ⓘ
Orangist uprising in the Batavian Republic ⓘ
result surrender of the Batavian fleet to the British without a fight ⓘ
shipTypeInvolved frigates ⓘ
ships of the line ⓘ
successorStateOfCapturedFleet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
year 1799 ⓘ

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