The Poor Repair of Vryheid (1802)

The Melville Castle, turned Vryheid, had already made many long hard voyages when she was bought to bring soldiers to the Batavian Republic’s colonies on the Cape and Jakarta. It was soon found that she had passed inspection by putting copper and paint over rot however, and what should have been a long voyage only lasted a couple of days, with a horrible cost of life. Ship Name: Vryheid Nationality: Batavian Republic Tonnage: 990 Year Built: 1786 Ship Type: East Indiaman Wrecked: 1802 Reason for Wreck: Struck Dymchurch Sea Wall in a Storm Location Wrecked: Kent, Great Britain Lives Lost: 454 Sources: http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/EICf-n.htm https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=883663&resourceID=19191 https://www.waterlooassociation.org.uk/2019/10/06/the-grand-old-duke-of-york/#:~:text=In%20the%20Helder%20Campaign%2C%201799,supposed%20rebellion%20against%20said%20Republic. https://romneymarshhistory.com/dymchurchwall https://books.google.com/books?id=QEJWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Amiens-1802 https://original-ufdc.uflib.ufl.edu/UF00002045/00001/pdf?search=melville+castle https://www.britannica.com/place/Batavian-Republic#ref126469 https://books.google.com/books?id=AUo9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=vryheid+shipwreck+melville+castle&source=bl&ots=KaByOFqSAU&sig=ACfU3U0thf15S9soJ1PWfqHKHzevt2ejfQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7_e-Giqn7AhWGk4kEHS7TBpk4FBDoAXoECCMQAw#v=onepage&q=vryheid%20shipwreck%20melville%20castle&f=false