The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-12
LIST or FRENCH SHIPS BUILDING.

| LIST OF FRENCH SHIPS BUILDING.
a gentleman lately arrived from the CONT
nent, is faid to have brought the following lift
OF French fhips of the line and frigates, build
/ ing, or for which materials for building were
collecting.
! In the different dock-yards of the Batavian
republic, IL lhps Of the line, from 90 TO so
guns; aud Ii frigates from % to a guns, be-
hdes cutters, gun boats, &c. were in the docks ;
and the arfenals and yards contained timber e.
nough, brought down the Rhine wit the feet
to Dordrecht lait year, to conftruct double the
number he faw Building. OF thofe upon the
ftocks, fix men of war and ten frigates were iaid
to belong to France, and built at her expence.
The Dutch ar!enals and hore-houies were in
want OF fail cloth, iron, anchors and tar bat
! by CONTRACTS concluded laft year in Rufiia and
Sweden, by fome French naval officers, the Ba-
tavian government expect this flmmer to be
pentitully fupplied by neutrals, fhould not the
Batavian harbors and rivers be declared by En-
gland in fate of blockade.
| AT Antwerp, one "A gun flip and three "A
gun trigates, were nearly finihed, and keels
were laid For two 74's, and for two "A gun fri
gates. There was timber enough for five 74's,
and as many A gun frigates; but the maritime
project caufed the people to believe that he had
materials enoughto buildtwenty 74's. Great ac-
tlvity regns at Antwerp, to make that city ma
val itation of equal coniequence with Brett and
Ioulon. Three thouiand workmen, befdes
400 galley naveS, were occupied daily, SUNDAYS
not excepted and timber arrived from every
part of Brabaat and Flanders. Six Englih or
Scotch carpenters, and nine Britiih artifcers
were employed there, but chained like galley
ilaves for fear of deiertion.
AT Bruges, two SO gun frigates were launch
ed and two others building.
! AT Offend, one frigate OF 10 guns, one of SO
guns, and one cutter OF 20 guns, were nearly
finiihed.
At Dunkrk, two IA gun frigates were COM
pleted, and three of the fame iize building. The
dock yards and arfenals there, as well as at Br,,
geS and Ofend, were ill fupplied.
AT Havere two so and three "A gun frisates
had been built iince the war but there were
not materials enough to complete one of the so
and two OF the IA guns. They wanted onlv
fallors to attempt going to the wefward, and
eicape the Britiih cruiiers.
AT Cherborough, two 44's have lately been
launched, and two were building, but materials
were wanting to finilh them.
AT 81. Maloe's, one SO gun and three a. gun
frigates were ready to be launched; and there
were materials enough to build as many more.
AT L'Orient, two 74's had lately been launch
ed, and two Others were building, but could
not be hnfhed for want of materials.
At Brett fix thipS ofthe line of different rates,
from "A to 100 guns, were building, but there
were not materials fufficient to fniih them.
AT Rochefort, two so, and at La Rochelle,
one SO and two "A, were, behdes twenty gun
cutters, building. The arfenals in thefe parts
were indiferently iuppied.
AT Bordeaux, fix frgates, from SO to SO guns
were building and lince the war four of go
guns had been launched.
AT Bayonne, three IA gun frigates, and three
81 gun cutters, had been built iince the war.
j he arienalS in both theie ports were fupp-
ed.
AT Marfeiles, two IA gun frigates, and two
Is gun cutters, had been completed fince the
war; and one n and two cutters were build.
ing.
AT Ioulon, one so and one n had been
launched iince the war; and one 10, two 80,
and one "a were building. The arfenals at Tou-
lon and Maheilles were badly fuppIied. 1t was
reported upon the Exchange of this Taft city, i'm
March, that the French government had con-
tracted for the building of fix ihips of the line in
Spain, and of feven at Genoa.
In France, as well as in Holland, iron, an.
chors, iail-cloth, &c. were wanting; but ex-
pccted from Ruliia, Sweden, Denmark and A.
merica. The fleets at TouloD and Brett are but
indiierenty manned, and the crews of the gun
boats are far from being complete, notwith-
Handing the failors who have been enticed over,
or required from Italy, Spain and Holland.
AT Toulon, as well as at Brett, were feveral
Britiih carpenters, and artifcers, ealily known
again by wearing chains on one leg, and other
wife treated as the galley naves. The Dutch
carpenters were in the fame fituation at Ton
Ion.
1T was faid that Bonaparte had fent emiharies
to Germany, Denmark, Sweden and America.
to procure him failors from thole countries.
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