Documents from 1653

In one document dated 20 January 1653, a Directors' ship named St. Pieter is mentioned. The ship has specifications as follows:

St. Pieter

Length: 123ft
Beam:    28ft
Hold:    12.5ft
Height between decks: 6.5ft

Guns:

10-12pdr
 8-8pdr
 8-6pdr
 2-3pdr

28 guns

Is this the Rotterdam Directors' ship or a previously unknown Amsterdam ship? I would now guess that it is the Rotterdam Directors' ship, although we cannot be sure.

In a document dated 27 January 1653, a ship named Sampson is mentioned. This is also a Directors' ship, but we cannot be sure by which Directors the ship was hired. We do have the following specifications:

Sampson

Length: 119ft
Beam:    28ft
Hold:    13ft
Height between decks: 6.25 or 6.5ft

Guns:

10-12pdr
 8-8pdr
 8-6pdr
 2-3pdr

28 guns

I would have said that there were all Amsterdam ships, but we do not recognize them as such.