HMS Dart (1796) in what became known as the Vlieter Incident. On 30 August a squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic, commanded by Rear-Admiral Samuel Story, surrendered to the British navy. The incident occurred during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland and took place near Wieringen on a sandbank near the channel between Texel and the mainland that was known as "De Vlieter". Around this time "Dart" captured the sloop "Jonge Jan". "Dart" also shared with gunboats , , and in the proceeds of the capture of the "Hell Hound". This may have occurred on 7 October when the boats of "Dart",
William A. Dart William A. Dart William Allen Dart (October 25, 1814 in West Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York – March 8, 1890 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., NY) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was the son of Simeon Dart (1770–1859) and Phebe (Allen) Dart (1778–1873). He worked on his father's farm, attended St. Lawrence Academy and taught school. In 1834, he became a clerk in the law office of John Leslie Russell in Canton, New York, and the next year began to study law with Judge Horace Allen in Potsdam. Dart was admitted to the bar