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th– century illustration reveals a Dutch freight ship, referred to as a flyute, comparable to the Schiedam.
th– century illustration reveals a Dutch freight ship, referred to as a flyute, comparable to the Schiedam.
The Schiedam had actually been caught by pirates from the Barbary Coast in 1683– however it was taken by the Royal Navy and utilized as a freight ship.
In 1684, the Schiedam was utilized in of navy convoy bring military shops from English forts returning from Tangiers in Morocco.
However it was separated from the convoy throughout a storm and sank at Dollar Cove.
