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Friday, July 22, 2005

The Dutch ship Dordrecht, built in 1692

Mr. Carl Stapel has provided details of the ship Dordrecht, built in 1692. This is from the combination from Captain Warnsinck's notes, De Jonge, Mollema, and notes from A. Vreugdenhil. I have translated the Dutch to English:
Dordrecht 1692

Admiralty of the Maze  
Dordrecht 
Length: 156ft
Beam: 42ft
Draft: 15-3/4ft 
Guns: 72 
In service: 1692 – 1716

Built in 1692 by Van Leeuwen - a ship of the second charter
Armament: 14-24pdr; 12-18pdr; 28-12pdr; 10-6pdr and 10-4pdr

  Date  Captain                    Guns Crew Employment
  1694  Evert de Liefde            72        voyage to the Mediterranean Sea
  1695  Evert de Liefde            72        in the Mediterranean Sea
  1696  Evert de Liefde            72   375  with Almonde in the North Sea
  1697  Evert de Liefde            72        in the Channel   
  1700  SBN Paulus van der Dussen  72   400  in the Sound and at
                                               the bombardment of Copenhagen
  1702  Barend van der Pot         72        capture of the silverfleet at Vigo   
  1704  Barend van der Pot         72        capture of Gibraltar
8/1705  Barend van der Pot         72        Battle of Malaga: 4 killed
                                                          and 32 wounded
  1708  Johan van Convent          70        off the coast of Dunkirk

The ship was sold in 1716 as unusable.

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