Jan de Haes, a Rotterdam captain in the First Anglo-Dutch War

Jan de Haes started off the First Anglo-Dutch War in command of the hired ship Gulden Beer. He was in Witte de With's squadron from the beginning of the war, including the voyage to the Shetlands in July-August 1652. There was a list seen by J.C. de Jonge, for March 1653 (following the Battle of Portland) that if we could find it would be priceless beyond any physical riches. That list gives the armament for the Rotterdam hired ships as 26 guns and the crew as 80 sailors and 20 soldiers. In May 1653, the Gulden Beer was paid off and Jan de Haes assumed command of the captured English Garland, now called the Rozenkrans (it was spelled differently at the time). She was a substantial ship that was armed with 20-18pdr and 22-12pdr guns. the Rozenkrans had been captured at Dungeness, but didn't last long in Dutch service, as she was taken and burnt at Scheveningen. I estimate that the Rozenkrans's dimensions in Amsterdam feet were 145ft x 36ft x 16ft. I suspect that she had a large rake forward, as the length of the captured Leopard in Dutch service was 145ft. We are fortunate that the dimensions for the Leopard were recorded in the "Staet van Oorlogh te Water" for 1654.