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.
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
There are several ships in the list of ships from 1642 that we actually can identify
De Jonge's list of Dutch ships from 1642 has no names attached, but we can easily equate several ships to names, because they are so distinctive. One is the Aemilia and the other is the Maagd van Dordrecht (or is it the Maecht van Dordrecht?). De Jonge supplies the following information, which I have augmented:
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