You see, I was lead to believe this major victory risked being washed away by events based on comments by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville):
“August 13th, 1814 – At dinner at Ld. Bathurst at Putney – The possession of Antwerp was of such importance to the French that had Bonaparte’s Empire existed a few years longer, he would have been enabled to compete with our Naval Power, and probably, have overcome us in the end, from the great numerical superiority he would have obtained. At Antwerp the French built 19 sail of the Line every year, which number they could increase to 25 sail. They had no difficulty in procuring timber, which was found (tho’ not of the best sort) in great abundance all down the Rhine. Neither had they any great obstacles to encounter in manning their Vessels, although some time must necessarily have elaped before the crews became good seamen. With such facilities in the course of a few year he would have sent forth such powerful Fleets, that our Navy must eventually have been destroyed, since we never could have kept pace with Him in building ships, or have equipped numbers sufficient to cope with the tremendous power he would have brought against us – Lord Melville’s information”
Greville, Charles. The Greville Memoirs, 1814-1860. Volume 1: January 1814 to July 1830. London: Macmillan & Co, 1938, page 14.