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Wednesday, August 25, 2004

I'm building a new Privateers Bounty scenario: the attack on Bergen on 2 August 1665

I am using some very appropriate land models for the harbor at Bergen. There is an ample supply of fortifications, and a good harbor that looks something like the van de Velde drawing. The Dutch fighting fleet consisted of the following ships:
  • Walcheren (Zeeland) Pieter de Bitter, Admiral
  • Phoenix (Amsterdam) merchant Jacob Burckhorst, Vice-Admiral (400 lasts)
  • Slot Hooningen (Rotterdam) schipper Herman de Ruyter, Rear-Admiral
  • Notemuskaatboom (Amsterdam) (300 lasts)
  • Rijzende Zon (Amsterdam) (300 lasts)
  • Brederode (Amsterdam) Skipper Pieter Veltmuys
  • Wapen van Hoorn (Amsterdam) flute
  • Amstelland (Amsterdam) Skipper Theunis Gysbertszoon (340 lasts) flute
  • Diemermeer (Zeeland) (220 lasts) flute
  • Ooievaar (Zeeland) Skipper Frederick Janszoon (340 lasts) flute
  • Jonge Prins (Hoorn) Skipper Jacob Jochemszoon
  • Kogge (Amsterdam) Skipper Luyt Pieterszoon (180 lasts) yacht
  • Nieuwenhoven (Amsterdam) Skipper Pieter Kooker (170 lasts) yacht
  • Catharina (a Lisbon trader) Skipper Ruth Maximiliaan (40 guns)
Frank Fox says that the six largest ships were anchored across the entrance, with the Brederode on the west side, Phoenix, Wapen van Hoorn, Jonge Prins, and Walcheren in the center. The Sloot Hooningen was on the east side. The Catherine was in between the Walcheren and Sloot Hooningen. The Rijzende Zon and three others (Amstelland, Diermermeer, and Ooievaar) were behind them. The two yachts may have been near the Catharina. The following English ships took part in the attack:
  • Revenge (3rd Rate) (58 guns) Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Teddiman
  • Happy Return (4th Rate) (50 guns) James Lambert
  • Breda (4th Rate) (46 guns) Thomas Seale
  • Foresight (4th Rate) (46 guns) Packington Brooks
  • Golden Lion (4th Rate, prize) (46 guns) William Dale
  • Sapphire (4th Rate) (38 guns) Thomas Elliot
  • Guinea (4th Rate) (36 guns) Thomas Room Coyle
  • Bendish (M) (42 guns) Robert Taylor
  • Society (M) (36 guns) Ralph Lascelles
  • Prudent Mary (M) (36 guns) Thomas Haward
  • Coast Frigate (M) (34 guns) William Lawson
  • Guernsey (5th Rate) (28 guns) John Utber
  • Pembroke (5th Rate) (28 guns) Richard Cotton
  • Norwich (5th Rate) (24 guns) John Wetwang
  • Martin Galley (6th Rate) (14 guns) William Kampthorne
  • Bryar (fireship) (12 guns) Vincent Pierse
  • Hound (fireship) (8 guns) James Coleman
Sources:
  • Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: The Four Days Battle of 1666 (1996)
  • J.C.M. Warnsinck, De Retourvloot van Pieter de Bitter (1929)

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