- R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964
- J. R. Powell, The Navy in the English Civil War, 1962
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Thursday, March 30, 2006
English Captain: Thomas Ashley
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
There was a question today about the Leeuw van Amsterdam at the Battle of Dungeness
The Lion of Amsterdam (Leeuw van Amsterdam) the Hope of Rotterdam (Hoop van Rotterdam) The Christopher of Flushing (perhaps the Groote Christoffel van Vlissingen) The Royal Princess (Prinses Roijael) The Wonder (?)Perhaps this bogus list is the reason that Dr. Ballhausen thought that the Admiralty of the Maze ship commanded by Dirck Juynbol and lost in the battle was named the Hoop (Hope). Actually, his ship was named Gelderland (30 guns). No other Dutch warships were lost, as far as we know from published sources.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Dutch Captain: Jan Reynderszoon Wagenaer
- C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol. VI, 1930
- Dr. Carl Ballhausen, Der Erste Englisch-Höllandische Seekrieg 1652-1654, 1923
- Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.II, 1900
Monday, March 27, 2006
English Captain: Francis Allen
- R. C. Anderson, "English Fleet-Lists in the First Dutch War," The Mariner's Mirror, Vol.XXIV No.4, October 1938
- R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964
- David Syrett, R. L. DiNardo, The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815, 1994
- J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Some speculative thinking about names of Enkhuizen Directors' ships
I am increasingly confident that Abraham van Hulst commanded the Sampson (26 guns) in 1652
Thursday, March 23, 2006
There are several ships in the list of ships from 1642 that we actually can identify
Adm Name guns sailors soldiers M Aemilia 57 200 40 (4-36pdr, 11-24pdr, 12-18pdr, 21-12pdr, 9-6pdr) M Maagd van Dordrecht 46 140 30 (10-24pdr, 14-18pdr, 16-12pdr, 6-6pdr) Z Vlissingen 34 ? ?About any other ships, we would just be guessing. Knowing the Vlissingen is of doubtful utility, since there is no data for her in De Jonge's list.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Philips van Almonde's fleet that bombarded Copenhagen in 1700
Ship Guns Crew Rank Commander Unie 94 550 Lt-Admiral Philips van Almonde Eerste Edele 72 400 Vice-Admiral Cornelis Evertsen Dordrecht 72 375 Schout-bij-Nacht Paulus van der Dussen Katwijk 72 375 captain Lynslager Wapen van Alkmaar 72 375 captain Bolck Aemelia 66 365 captain Cleyburgh Wapen van Aernhem 66 365 captain C. Cleyn Gouda 64 325 captain Beeckman Veluwe 64 325 captain Cornelis van Brakel Wapen van Utrecht 64 325 captain van Veen Vlissingen 50 225 captain Tresel Batavier 50 210 captain van Toll Provincie Utrecht 50 210 captain Zas van den Bossche Beschutter 38 150 captain Schaap Briel 34 136 captain van de Graaf l'Aurore 28 120 captain Muregnault Blikkenburg,hoeker 14 50 commandeur J. Coerte 2 bomb vessels 2 fireships 2 ammunition shipsThis is from Vol.III of J. C. De Jonge's book, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
The VOC ship Roos, taken by the English
Length on the keel: 114ft Beam outside planking: 33ft-8in Depth in hold: 14ft English Burden: 687 tonsJeremy Smith described her as carrying but 26 guns. The English eventually put 60 guns into her, as she was as big as a Third Rate. An obvious question to me is to ask what her Dutch dimensions might have been, in Amsterdam feet. These are my estimates:
Length from stem to sternpost: 160ft Beam inside of the planking: 38ft Hold at the deck edge: 16ftI am somewhat surprised by this conclusion, as she would then be the same size as the captured Vogelstruis, which served the English as the hulk Estridge. The Estridge was actually measuredby the English to somewhat larger dimensions: 116ft x 36ft-3in x 17ft. Because of this, I suspect that the hold in the Vogelstruis was 18ft (Amsterdam).
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Another look comparing English and Dutch measurements
Dutch Dutch Dutch Engl Engl Engl Name Guns Length Bean Depth Keel Beam Depth Elias 34 132.5 30 13 101 27.5 11.5 St. Matheeus 34 144 36 ? 108 32 15 Rooseboom 28 118 27 12.5 84 24.5 11.5 Groote Liefe 38 132 29 13.5 106 28.33 11 Ratios Dutch/English Dutch/English Dutch/English Length Beam Depth Elias 1.312 1.091 1.130 St. Matheeus 1.333 1.125 ? Rooseboom 1.405 1.102 1.087 Groote Liefde 1.245 1.024 1.227This sort of information can allow us to estimate Dutch dimensions for ships for which we only have the English measurements, when ships were taken as prizes.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
The Voyage to Norway in September to November 1653
Friday, March 17, 2006
Michael Baumber's book General-At-Sea
Thursday, March 16, 2006
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Dutch Naval Officer: Cornelis Beekman
- Luc Eekhout, Het Admiralenboek: De Vlagofficieren van de Nederlandse marine 1382-1991, 1992.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
A Dutch ship's armament from 1616
Lower deck: 2 brass 24pdr 4-brass 18pdr 2-brass 12pdr 12-culverins, 8pdr Upper deck: 2-brass 6pdr 6-sakers, 5pdr 8-3pdr steenstukkenThis is the only example that I have seen that gave the shot weight for a steenstukken. Sources:
- J. C. De Jonge, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen, Vol.I, 1858.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Information from January 1639 to September 1640
Ship Crew Lasts Commander Dates Middelburg 85 200 Joos Banckert 8 Jan 1639-2 June 1640 Vlissingen ? ? Frans Janssen 12 Jan 1639-2 Sept 1640 ? ? ? Gerrit Hollare 8 Jan 1639-7 Sept 1639 ? ? ? Adriaen Swart 30 Sept 1639-2 July 1640 ? ? ? Cornelis Evertsen 13 Jan 1639-2 July 1640 ? ? ? Abraham Crijnsen 12 Jan 1639-? Sept 1640 ? ? ? Adriaen Janssen 13 Jan 1639-2 July 1640 Gloeijenden Oven Ter Toolen ? ? Frans Mangelaer 12 Jan 1639-12 Sept 1640 ? ? ? Bastiaen Tijsz 2 Jan 1639-16 Apr 1640 der Vere 85 Cornelis Ringers 1 Jan 1639-27 Apr 1640Adriaen Swart seems to have replaced Gerrit Hollare as captain of some ship.
Monday, March 13, 2006
The Koning Radbout (or Radboud)
- C.T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.V, 1912
- Johan E. Elias, Schetsen uit de geschiedenis van ons zeewezen, Vol.VI, 1930
- A. Vreugdenhil, Ships of the United Netherlands 1648-1702, 1938
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Build dates and sizes from the 23 April 1632 document
Ships built in 1628 The Ewer of 50 lasts The ship Salamander of 110 lasts The Leeuw of 170 lasts Ships built in 1629 Prins Hendrick of 180 lasts The Sonne of 170 lasts the Grasmeijer of 140 lasts Keyser Carol of 120 lasts The ship Bruijnvisch of 120 lasts Ships built in 1630 The jacht named the Engel of about 60 lasts The boat St. Jacob of about 80 lasts Ships built in 1631 Ship Amelia of about 100 lasts A hoecker ship A hoecker ship A new ship (looks like "op de werss van Hendrick Jorisz") A new ship (looks like "op de werss als vooren")
Saturday, March 11, 2006
The Dutch fleet in about 1636
Rotterdam lt-admiraal Dorp Aemilia vice-admiraal Liefhebber Dordrecht kapitein Willem van Coulster Gelderlant kapitein Sijbrant Vijch Zeekalf kapitein Jan van Dijmen Prins Hendrik Amsterdam kapitein Joris van Cats Zuijder Zee kapitein Willem van Brederode Utrecht kapitein Jacob Brouwer Deventer kapitein Pieter Meussen Vloo Walcheren kapitein Denijs Tronquoij Haerlem kapitein Jacques Forant Gouda kapitein Jan van Galen Bul (is in England as a captive with his ship) Zeeland commandeur Jan Evertsen Vlissingen kapitein Joost Bankert Middelburg kapitein Frans Jansz Zeeridder kapitein Vlieger Meerminne kapitein Hollare Hasewint kapitein Regermorter Zierickzee North Holland vice-admiraal Quast Nassau kapitein Claes Ham Davit (Koning David) kapitein Bleecker Eendracht ? ? Hollandsche Tuijn (kapitein Halfhoorn) ? ? Eenhoorn (kapitein Keert de Koe)
Friday, March 10, 2006
Rotterdam ships in service in 1628
1. ship named the Groene Draeck 2. the Vergulde Arent] 3. the Neptunis 4. Zeecalf 5. the Dolphijn 6. the kleine Orangieboom 7. the jacht the Swarten Arent 8. the Ewer 9. the Zeeridder 10. the St. Andries is the 15 April 1628, of the Captain Bockingen, was taken by the enemy. Of 140 lasts 11. the Drie Coningen of 130 lasts is on 15 April 1628, with Captain Pieter Cornelisz was sunk was was the forenamed ship at sea were to protect the small fishery 12. the Dubbele Arent 13. the Oude Abraham 14. the Jonas 15. the Swarten Leeuw 16. the Bruijnvisch of 120 lasts, under Captain Snerbur? was taken by the enemy at the end of August 1628 17. the boat St. Anthonis 18. the boat St. Jacob, of 50 lasts, was sold on 16 September 1628 19. the Orangieboom 20. Gelderlant 21. Postpaert 22. the Tonijn 23. the Cleyne Neptunis 24. the Eendracht 25. the Wassende Maen
Thursday, March 09, 2006
The English ship, the Hope
Length of Keel Beam Depth of Hold 94ft 33ft 13ftWe also know the Hope's armament at various dates:
demi cannon demi- port cannon perrier culverin culverin saker minion falcon piece fowler base (32pdr) (24pdr) (18pdr) (9pdr) (5.25pdr)(4pdr) (3pdr) ? ? (1pdr) 1569 9 4 14 7 6 2 8 4 10 12 1585 4 2 6 10 4 2 1 4 6 12 1599 4 2 9 11 4 2 4 2The Hope took part in the Armada campaign in 1588, where she was commanded by Robert Crosse. By 1604, she had been rebuilt as the Assurance. Sources:
- E. H. H. Archibald, The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy AD897-1984 (1987)
- John Knox Laughton, State Papers Relating to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada Anno 1588, Vol.I (1894)
- Michael Oppenheim, History of the Administration of the Royal Navy (1896)
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
My translation from text on page 84 of De Vlootbouw in Nederland
It is indeed a noteworthy coincidence that, which may be mentioned, that the English and Dutch fleets at the beginning of 1652, on the eve of their life and death struggle, were almost identical in numerical strength. the English naval force consisted of 86 ships, while ours [the Dutch] was composed of 41 convoyers, 36 cruisers, and 10 ships in the Brazil service that counted as "coast ships", was one ship more. Several ships were subtracted from our margin, at the start of hostilities, through various failures. From the total, four ships in British harbours were taken. Of the ships returning from Brazil, one was sunk by the English, while another was taken as prize. At least two of our total were sold. So the total of our States' ships at the start was 79, not much different from our opponents. Whatever the comparison of numbers of our ships to the English, intrinsically, our fleet was worth less than theirs.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
The Amsterdam ship Achilles remains a mystery
Monday, March 06, 2006
English Captain: Richard Dickinson
- J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
English Captain: John Aylett
- R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964.
- R. C. Anderson, Lists of Men-of-War 1650-1700: Part I English Ships 1649-1702, 1966.
- Frank Fox, "Hired Men-of-War, 1664-7", Part II, The Mariner's Mirror Vol.84 No.2 (May 1998).
Saturday, March 04, 2006
English Captain: Thomas Ewens
- Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.
- J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.
Friday, March 03, 2006
English Captain: Humphrey Connisby (or Consby)
- Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.
- David Syrett, R. L. DiNardo, The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815, 1994.
- J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
English Captain: Robert Hatubb
- Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.
- Frank Fox, "Hired Men-of-War, 1664-7", Part II, The Mariner's Mirror Vol.84 No.2 (May 1998).
- David Syrett, R. L. DiNardo, The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815, 1994.
- J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
English Captain: Arnold Brown
- R. C. Anderson, "English Fleet-Lists in the First Dutch War," The Mariner's Mirror, Vol.XXIV No.4, October 1938.
- R. C. Anderson, The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin, Vol.I 1660-1666, 1939.
- R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964.
- William Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Vol.II, 1898.
- David Syrett, R. L. DiNardo, The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815, 1994.