Beschermer was a 54-gun ship of the line of the Dutch States Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier.J.F. Fischer Fzn. De Delft: De dagjournalen met de complete en authentieke geschiedenis van 's Lands schip van oorlog Delft en de waarheid over de zeeslag bij Camperduin (Franeker: Van Wijnen, 1997), 135. In 1795 she became part of the Batavian Navy, following the French invasion of the Netherlands.
On 11 October 1797 Beschermer took part in the Battle of Camperdown under Captain Dooitze Eelkes Hinxt. The ship escaped the battle after Hinxt was severely wounded.J.F. Fischer Fzn. De Delft: De dagjournalen met de complete en authentieke geschiedenis van 's Lands schip van oorlog Delft en de waarheid over de zeeslag bij Camperduin (Franeker: Van Wijnen, 1997), 342. On 30 August 1799 Beschermer, under Captain Eilbrach, was surrendered to the British during the Vlieter incident. The Royal Navy then commissioned the ship as HMS Beschermer and used her in various subsidiary roles.
In 1801 Beschermer served as a guard ship in the Swin. She was fitted as a storeship in 1805. Beschermer was lent to the East India Dock Company for use as a hulk at Blackwall in 1806 until she was sold for breaking up in September 1838. Beschermer was eventually broken up in 1838.
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