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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

The Amsterdam Directors' ship Elias

I imagine that the Amsterdam Directors' ship Elias was hired sometime in March 1652, as were the bulk of the Directors' ships. The Elias was quite a large ship, having dimensions of 132.5ft x 30ft x 13ft, with 6.5ft between the main deck and the upper deck. Her armament on 8 November 1652 consisted of 4-brass 24pdr, 14-12pdr, 10-8pdr, 4-6pdr, and 2-3pdr guns. Her crew varied from 112 men up to at least 120 men. This is a summary of the Elias's service:
Key
Adm=Admiralty
h=hired
St=status
Note=Note Date
A-Dir=Amsterdam Directors

Adm   Name Guns Crew Date St Note   Commander                 Ship Fate  Captain  Note
A-Dir Elias 34  112  1652 h  5/1652 Jacob Sievertsz Spanheijm                     Battle of Dover
                             8/1652 Jacob Sievertsz Spanheijm                     Voyage to the Shetlands
                            12/1652 Jacob Sievertsz Spanheijm                     in Pieter Florissen's squadron
                            12/1652 Jacob Sievertsz Spanheijm                     Battle of Dungeness
                             2/1653 Jacob Sievertsz Spahheijm                     With the fleet, ship leaky
                             3/1653 Jacob Sievertsz Spanheijm            killed   The Three Days Battle
                             6/1653 Frans Fransz Sluyter       captured  prisoner Battle of the Gabbard

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