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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

A Dutch ship's armament from 1616

We happen to know the armament of a Dutch 36-gun ship in 1616. We don't know which ship it was, but an the listing actually gives the lower deck and upper deck armaments:
Lower deck:

2 brass 24pdr
4-brass 18pdr
2-brass 12pdr
12-culverins, 8pdr

Upper deck:

2-brass 6pdr
6-sakers, 5pdr
8-3pdr steenstukken
This is the only example that I have seen that gave the shot weight for a steenstukken. Sources:
  1. J. C. De Jonge, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen, Vol.I, 1858.

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