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Friday, July 22, 2005

The 40-gun ship Gelderland

I received a piece from Mr. Carl Stapel about the ship Gelderland from 1634. I need to do some more research on this ship, as some of this is different from what I would expect. I was glad to see the dimensions in Amsterdam feet. I could only estimate them, based on the Admiralty of Rotterdam (the Maze) document dated February 26, 1652, which listed them in Maas feet.
Gelderland 
built in 1634                                                        
Admiralty of the Maze     

Gelderland dimensions: 128.5ft x 30.5ft x 13.5ft  40 guns  in service from 1634-1659
  Date Captain                      Guns Crew Notes
  1636 van Coulster
2/1652 Michiel Fransz van den Bergh 40 
  1652 Aert van Nes                           collision with the St Nikolaas ( sunk )
  1653 Aert van Nes
3/1653 Aert van Nes                  40  140  The Three Days Seabattle (Portland)
6/1653 Aert van Nes                  40  140  Battle of Nieuwpoort (the Gabbard)
8/1653 Aert van Nes                  40  140  Battle of Ter Heide (Scheveningen)
  1654 Aert van Nes                  40  
  1657 Leendert Haexwant             50 
  1659 Juriaan Poel or Pols          40  175  April 1659–Sept 1660 in the Sound 
                                                and at Funen  

The ship was last mentioned in 1659.

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