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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

De Ruyter's fleet in 1659

Michiel De Ruyter led a fleet into the Baltic in 1659. Grove's list originally came from Brandt's biography of De Ruyter:
  1. Huis te Zwieten (Vice-Admiral De Ruyter) 280 crew, 64 guns
  2. Oosterwijk (Gideon de Wildt) 250 crew, 60 guns
  3. Kruiningen (Pieter van Brakel) 230 crew, 54 guns
  4. Amsterdam (Jan Gideonszoon Verburgh) 225 crew, 54 guns
  5. Tijdverdrijf (Willem van der Zaan) 225 crew, 50 guns
  6. Koevorden (Isaak Sweers) 225 crew, 50 guns
  7. Stad en Landen (Dirk Schey) 225 crew, 50 guns
  8. Prins te Paard (Gerbrandt Schatter) 225 crew, 52 guns
  9. Hilversum (Jacob van Meeuwen) 225 crew 52 guns
  10. Gouda (IJsbrand de Vries) 190 crew, 40 guns
  11. Vrede (Jacob Swart of Amsterdam) 190 crew, 40 guns
  12. Dom van Utrecht (Jacob Swart of Edam) 190 crew, 40 guns
  13. Tromp (Jacob van Berchem) 190 crew, 40 guns
  14. Raadhuis van Haarlem (Henrik Gotskens) 190 crew, 40 guns
  15. Provinciƫn (Jan van Amstel) 190 crew, 40 guns
  16. Campen (Allert Matthijszoon) 190 crew, 40 guns
  17. Marsseveen (Albert Claeszoon de Graeff) 190 crew, 40 guns
  18. Hollandia (Barent Cramer) 190 crew, 44 guns
  19. Burg van Leiden (Jan Roetering) 190 crew, 40 guns
  20. Zuiderhuis (Jan Richewijn) 190 crew, 40 guns
  21. Doesburg (Hugo van Nieuwhof) 190 crew, 40 guns
  22. Haarlem (Jan de Haan) 190 crew, 40 guns
  23. Gelderland (Hendrik Adriaanszoon) 190 crew, 40 guns
  24. Leeuwarden (Joost Verschuur) 150 crew, 36 guns
  25. Prins Maurits (Marinus de Klerk) 191 crew, 44 guns
  26. Utrecht (Jacob Simonszoon de Wit) 191 crew, 44 guns
  27. Gelderland (Adriaan Pol) 175 crew, 40 guns
  28. Klein Hollandia (Laurens Heemskerk) 212 crew, 48 guns
  29. Oranjeboom (Jan Noblet) 140 crew, 36 guns
  30. Zeelandia (Vice-Admiral Jan Evertsen) 263 crew, 54 guns
  31. Vlissingen (Cornelis Evertsen) 175 crew, 42 guns
  32. Utrecht (Frans Mangelaar) 175 crew, 44 guns
  33. Middelburg (Jacob Pensse) 175 crew, 42 guns
  34. Veere (Leyn Pikke) 175 crew, 42 guns
  35. Dordrecht (Jan Thijssen) 175 crew, 40 guns
  36. Zierikzee (Bastiaan Tuyneman) 175 crew, 40 guns
  37. Oostergo (Hendrik Bruynsvelt) 200 crew, 54 guns
  38. Westergo (Jan Janszoon Vijselaar) 157 crew, 45 guns
  39. Elf Steden (Albert Pieterszoon de Boer) 190 crew, 42 guns
I have used my preferred spellings for ships and captains

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