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Sunday, June 04, 2006

Dutch ship armaments in 1628 and 1629

There are a quite a few ships for which we know their armaments in 1628 and 1629, mostly from the Staet van Oorlog te Water for the years 1628 and 1629. This is a very partial list:

Key:
ss=steenstukken
Ad = Admiralty
pr=pounder
Ch.=Chambered gun

1628
Ad Ship            Captain               Guns Crew Lasts Gun List
A  Sphera Mundi       Evert Anthonisz      24   70  100  2-10pr,2-8pr,10-5pr,4-4pr,6-ss
A  Orangieboom        Dirk Jansz Bijnacht  22   75  120  2-Ch.guns,14-guns,6-ss
A  Sint Clara      Cornelis Jacobsz Bors   26   80  100  4-12pr,6-8pr,6-8pr,10-5pr,6-ss
A  Gouden Leeuw    Hans Bournon            30   85  150  6-12pr,12-8pr,4-5pr,8-ss
A  Meerminne       Floris Jansz Cats       22   70  100  2-12pr,4-8pr,8-5pr,2-4pr,6-ss

1629
Ad Ship            Captain               Guns Crew Lasts Gun List
R  a jacht         Aert Aertsz             10   16   20  4-4pr,2-3pr,4-ss+8 chambers
R  Leeuw           Pieter van Allebounden  16   30   36  8-4pr,8-ss+16 chambers
R  Eendracht       Captain Blom            22   85  170  2-18pr,4-12pr,10-8pr,4-5pr, 2-4pr
R  Mars            Jan Matthijsz Brouwer   18   30   36  6-guns,12-ss

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