Navy of the Kingdom of Holland

The navy of the Kingdom of Holland (Dutch: marine van het Koninkrijk Holland) existed from 1806 to 1810. Founded in June 1806 after Napoleon transformed the Batavian Commonwealth into a kingdom ruled by his brother Louis Bonaparte, the Dutch navy inherited its ships from the Batavian Navy, which had been severely weakened by mutinies and British naval attacks. Most of the Dutch navy was blockaded in European ports by the Royal Navy, and its ships in the Dutch East Indies were destroyed in a British campaign. The Dutch navy resisted the British Walcheren Campaign, but its poor performance led Napoleon to annex Holland to France in 1810, with the navy becoming part of the French Navy on 1 January 1811.