Dutch ship Batavier (1779)

	Batavier (E) during the Battle of Dogger Bank on 5 August 1781.
History
Dutch Republic
Name	Batavier
Laid down	8 September 1777
Launched	18 February 1779
Commissioned	1780
Batavian Republic
Name	Batavier
Captured	By the Royal Navy in 1799
Great Britain
Acquired	30 August 1799
Commissioned	1799
Out of service	1823
Reclassified	Floating battery after 1801; Hospital ship between 1809 and 1817; Prison ship between 1817 and 1823;
Fate	Broken up in 1823
General characteristics in Dutch service
Class & type	50-gun ship of the Third Charter; ship of the line;
Length	143 ft 0 in (43.6 m) (gundeck); in Amsterdam feet this equalled 154½
Beam	39 ft 11 in (12.2 m); in Amsterdam feet this equalled 43
Depth of hold	18 ft 6 in (5.6 m); in Amsterdam feet this equalled 20
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	50 guns of varying sizes
General characteristics in British service
Class & type	56-gun third rate; ship of the line;
Tons burthen	1,047 87⁄94 (bm)
Length	144 ft 7 in (44.1 m) (gundeck); 118 ft 7 in (36.1 m) (keel);
Beam	40 ft 10 in (12.4 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 5 in (5.0 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	As originally fitted at Chatham; Lower gundeck: 22 × 24-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 24 × 12-pounder guns; Quarterdeck and forecastle: 8 × 6-pounder guns; After rearmament; 20 × 24-pounder guns; 20 × 18-pounder guns; Subsequently added; Quarterdeck: 6 × 6-pounder guns; Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounder guns;

Batavier was a Dutch 56-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the navy of the Admiralty of Amsterdam (one of five provincial navies of the United Provinces of the Netherlands). In 1795 she became part of the Batavian Navy, and on 30 August 1799 was captured by the Royal Navy, who retained her in various subsidiary roles until she was broken up in 1823.