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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Tromp's council-of-war on 6 August 1652

Following the storm in the Shetlands, on 6 August 1652, Lieutenant-Admiral Tromp held a council-of-war on board his flagship, the Brederode. The list of captains present has been preserved and is published in Vol.I of The First Dutch War, in the order listed at the end of Tromp's document. It is available on the Google Book Search. From what we know, we can augment this list with additional information:
Officer:                        Admiralty:           Ship:              Guns: Crew:
Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp        Rotterdam            Brederode             54 270
Witte Cornelisz. de With        Rotterdam            Prinses Louise        36   ?  
Albert Claesz. de Graeff        Amsterdam            Hollandia             32 110
Nicoleas Marrevelt              Amsterdam            Zeelandia             36 120
Abraham van der Hulst           Amsterdam            ?                     26 100
Hector Bardesius                Amsterdam Directors  Nieuw Gideon          34 115
Corstiaen Corstiaenszoon        Rotterdam Directors  Prins te Paard        38 120
Adriaan Banckert                Zeeland              ?                     26 100
Joris van der Zaan              Amsterdam            Campen                38 130
Cornelis Hoola                  Amsterdam            Leiden                28 100
Johannes van Regermorter        Middelburg Directors ?                     30 105
Jacob Cornelisz. Swart          Amsterdam Directors  Faam                  28 110
Stoffel Juriaenszoon            Amsterdam Directors  Sint Francisco        28 105
Allert Janszoon                 Zeeland              Dubbele Arend         28 100
Abraham Hendricksz.van Campen   Amsterdam Directors  Arke Troijane         28 100
Pieter Adriaanszoon van Blocker Hoorn Directors      ?                     28 105
Teunis Vechterszoon             Noorderkwartier      ?                     24? 70
Jacob Adriaansz. Penssen        Middelburg Directors Gouden Leeuw          30 110
Pieter Aldertszoon              Noorderkwartier      Burcht?               24 100
Antheunis Post, Allert Janszoon's skipper
Lambert Bartelszoon             Zeeland              ?                     18 100
Johan Evertsen                  Zeeland              Hollandia             38 160
Pieter Florissen                Noorderkwartier      Monnikendam           36 138
Gideon de Wildt                 Amsterdam            Vrede                 42 160
Cornelis Evertsen de Oude       Zeeland              Wapen van Zeeland     30 120
Pieter Schellinger              Noorderkwartier      Stad Medemblik        26 100
Arent Dirckszoon                Noorderkwartier      Monnick               24  95
Adriaan Nicolaesz. Kempen       Zeeland              Amsterdam             30 120
Philips Joosten                 Zeeland              Hollandia              ?   ?
Jan Jacobsz. van Nes            Rotterdam            Gorcum                30 131
Pieter Gorcum                   Zeeland              Dordrecht?            17? 50?
Jacob Paulussen Cort            Amsterdam            Star                  28  95
Gerrit Femssen                  Noorderkwartier      Wapen van Enkhuizen   30 110
Jacob Claesz. Boot             Monnikendam Directors Leeuwin               32 115
Gijsbert Malcontent             Enkhuizen Directors  ?                     28 110
Cornelis van Houtten            Amsterdam Directors  Witte Lam             30 110
Gillis Thyssen Campen           Amsterdam            Gouden Leeuw          24  80
Ruth Jacobsz. Buys              Rotterdam Directors  ?                     26 105
Gerrit Nobel                    Noorderkwartier      Burgh van Alkmaar     24  95
Gillis Janszoon                 Zeeland              Zeeridder             28 100
Daniel Cornelisz. Brackman      Zeeland              ?                      ?   ?

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