After transferring to the Endymion he helped in the driving into Hellevoetsluis of the Dutch ship of the line Brutus.
In December 1813, with three companies of sailors and a fraction of the crews of his ships, Halgan defended the fortress of Hellevoetsluis, in Holland, against the attacks of several thousands insurgents.
She was launched in 1546, rebuilt three times and was burned by parliamentarian sailors at Hellevoetsluis in 1649.
Post-war, the Douwe Aukes acted as a depot ship for the Mine Service, then from 1959 as accommodation for the Mine Service at Hellevoetsluis.
This battalion was commissioned in the new Dutch army on 1 December 1813 as the 10th Battalion of the Line; it arrived in Hellevoetsluis on 27 March 1814.
In 1793, he was appointed captain of the frigate Pollux (40 guns) at Hellevoetsluis.