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Friday, September 10, 2004

The 120ft long ships built by the Noorderkwartier

On page 49 in De Vlootbouw in Nederland, Dr. Elias points to the ships built by the Noorderkwartier to a charter with dimensions: 120ft x 27ft x 11ft. My estimate is that these ships had burdens of 180 lasts. I base that on the 128ft charter that was 250 lasts. These ships were armed with an odd collection of guns. These were seemingly whatever was available, when they were being fitted out for sea. One example of this charter was the frigate Medemblick built in 1640. She was armed with 2-brass 6pdr, 10-iron 12pdr, 8-iron 8pdr, 6-iron 4pdr, and 2-iron 3pdr. Another was the frigate Hoorn, built in 1636. She was armed with: 2-brass 6pdr, 6-iron 12pdr, 20-iron 8pdr, 2-iron 6pdr, and 2-iron 4pdr. The Casteel van Medemblick was built to the same dimensions in 1640. She was armed with 2-brass 6pdr, 10-iron 12pdr, 8-iron 8pdr, 6-iron 4pdr, and 2-iron 3pdr.

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