This is an ongoing discussion about 17th Century naval wargaming (really, 1620-1720). Part of what is offered are scenarios for games: orders-of-battle, ship lists, battle descriptions, and scenarios for Age of Sail II-Privateers Bounty (a sailing warfare computer simulation/game), suitable scaled for that environment. Copyright (c) 2003-2004 James C. Bender
Thursday, November 11, 2004
The Zeekalf in 1636-1637
Dr. Graefe says that the Zeekalf carried 4-brass and 24 iron guns in 1636. I'm sure that she is the same ship that Cornelis Engelen Silvergieter had commanded in 1628-1629. Dr. Graefe gives her size as 200 lasts, but the earlier listing gave her size as 170 lasts. She is listed as having been built in 1622, which is almost the same as the "Staet van Oorlog te Water" for 1628 and 1629 gave as her build date (1623). In 1636, her crew was 90 sailors and 20 soldiers. Her captain was Sybert Vijgh.
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