Mainly because I was writing an Alternative Survivor’s Guide to the United Kingdom at the time, not a Survivor’s Guide to the Netherlands.
But if you want a logical reason there’s very little to stop the French bombarding Den Helder until they have totally destroyed the entire base and every vessel there. Or if they don’t want to do that simply blockading the base and preventing any Dutch vessels getting in and out.
France isn’t at War with the UK so in my opinion realpolitik means that the probability of the French bombarding and / or blockading Portsmouth are considerably less than the probability of them bombarding and / or blockading Den Helder.
EDIT. Essentially, what Olefin just said.
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