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Saturday, October 30, 2004

The Prinses Louise over-armed with 46 guns

Dr. Elias reported that in late 1652, the Prinses Louise was armed (or over-armed) with as many as 46 guns. I have seen the drawing of the ship, and 36 guns uses up all the obvious space. The Prinses Louise was a relatively small ship at 120ft x 28ft-4in x 12ft-6in. With 46 guns, the waist must have been armed, so that guns were firing over the rails, rather than from ports. Perhaps several more guns could have been crowded onto the quarterdeck and ports opened. Even with 36 guns, the Prinses Louise was heavily armed, as she had 2-24pdr, 30-12pdr, and 4-5pdr guns.

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