Monday, July 18, 2005

Mr. Carl Stapel contributed this information about the frigate Damiaten

This is from another contribution by Mr. Carl Stapel. He sent information about the frigate Damiaten:
Damiaten

The ship was built by Jan van Reene at Amsterdam

Type:      frigate
Admiralty: Amsterdam 
Name:      Damiaten          
Built:     1663  

1663-1689:                 
Length:    120ft     
Beam:      30ft       
Hold:      12.5ft                
Guns:      32
         
1686:
Length:    120ft     
Beam:       29ft                               
Guns:      34

Date      Captain                 Guns Sailors Soldiers  Note

1664      Hendrik Adriaansz       32   135     0         With De Ruyter in the
                                                         Mediterranean Sea

1666 to 1671                                             Hired by Denmark

6/1672    Jan de Jong             32                     Battle of Solebay

5/1673    Mattheeus Megank        32

23-5/1673 Mattheeus Megank        32    84     26        At the first Schooneveld
                                                         battle, Mattheus Megank
                                                          was severely wounded.
                                                         The ship was badly damaged
                                                           and was repaired.
8/1673   Mattheeus Megank         32    79     8         The Battle of the Texel
                                                            (Kijkduin)
1674     Cornelis van der Zaan    34    96     72        With De Ruyter at Martinique
7/1675   Isaac Uitterwijk         34    160              In the Mediterranean Sea
8/1675   Isaac Uitterwijk                                The ship was damaged in a
                                                         storm and was leaky.
                                                         It was repaired
                                                          at La Corona.
8-1/1676  Isaac Uitterwijk        34    160              At the Battle of Stromboli
22-4/1676 Isaac Uitterwijk        34                     At the Battle of Etna
1-6/1676  Isaac Uiterwijk         34                     At the Battle of Palermo
1677                                                     The ship was laid up.
25-6-1686                                                The ship was reported
                                                         to be in the dock at
                                                         Amsterdam
1688      Jan Hogenhoeck          30    140              In the fleet that carried
                                                          Willem III to England
6/1689    Philipe van der Gijssen 36    -                With Gerard Callenburgh
                                                           in the Channel

The ship was last mentioned in 1689.

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