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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Philips van Almonde's fleet that bombarded Copenhagen in 1700

Lt-Admiral Philips van Almonde led a fleet into the Sound in 1700. That fleet helped to bombard Copenhagen. De Jonge has the list of ships and captains:
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 ships
This is from Vol.III of J. C. De Jonge's book, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen.

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