Key:
Adm=Admiralty
A=Admiralty of Amsterdam
h=hired
Acq=Acquisition date
Type=hired, purchased, built, captured
Note=Note date
Adm Ship Guns Crew Acq Type Note Commander Ship Capt Note
A Gelderland 28 100 1652 h 8/1652 Cornelis van Velsen at the Wielingen rendezvous
8/1652 Cornelis van Velsen De Ruyter's fleet
8/1652 Cornelis van Velsen Battle of Plymouth
3/1653 Cornelis van Velsen The Three Days Battle
3/1653 Cornelis van Velsen Sailed from Amsterdam
4/1653 Cornelis van Velsen Lying in the Texel roads
6/1653 Cornelis van Velsen blown up killed Battle of the Gabbard
This is an ongoing discussion about 17th Century naval wargaming (really, 1620-1720). Part of what is offered are scenarios for games: orders-of-battle, ship lists, battle descriptions, and scenarios for Age of Sail II-Privateers Bounty (a sailing warfare computer simulation/game), suitable scaled for that environment. Copyright (c) 2003-2004 James C. Bender
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
An example of the notes I am taking: Cornelis van Velsen and the Gelderland
I am working on a comprehensive document for the First Anglo-Dutch War, that involves taking notes from the various published sources, documents, and input from Carl Stapel. The entry for Cornelis van Velsen, whose ship was the Gelderland, is an example:
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