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Saturday, June 03, 2006

The most heavily armed Dutch ship in 1616 in De Jonge's list

De Jonge, in an appendix, has a table of ships in service with the various admiralties in 1616. He omits the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier, however. The most heavily armed ship he lists is a 36-gun ship in the service of the Admiralty of Amsterdam. Perhaps that ship is the Gouden Arent, also of 220 lasts and a crew of 90 men. The Gouden Arent, in 1617, was commanded by Quirijn Brack, according to what Carl Stapel found. The Gouden Arent went to the Mediterranean Sea in 1617 in the fleet commanded by Hillebrant Quast. De Jonge also has a table listing armaments, although without ship names. The armament is listed for the 36-gun ship, perhaps the Gouden Arent:
Lower deck:

2-brass 24pdr
4-brass 18pdr
12-iron 12pdr culverins

Upper Deck:

2-brass 6pdr
2-iron  5pdr sakers
8-3pdr steenstukken
Sources:
  1. J. C. De Jonge, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen, Vol.I, 1858
  2. Carl Stapel, personal communication "Moy Lambert 1616 en Hillebrant Quast 1618", 2005

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