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Friday, July 14, 2006

My current estimate of Zeeland ships in service in mid-March 1653

I keep refining and doing more analysis in support of my list that attempts to fill in details to De Jonge's outline for March 1653. The date appears to be into March, after the The Three Days Battle (Portland) and before they had received word in the Netherlands about the results of the Battle of Livorno. This represents my current thinking about ships in service for the Admiralty of Zeeland. The biggest news is my estimate of Jan Duijm's ship. This is the list:
Admiralty of Zeeland

States’ ships

Rank               Name                             Adm/Dir  guns Sailors Soldiers Ship                  Sources
vice-admiraal      Jan Evertsen                     Z        36   116     ?        Hollandia             1DW1, 1DW2, jonge1
                   flag captain Adriaan Bankert

kapitein           Jacob Wolfertszoon               Z        34   100     ?        Meermin               jonge1
kapitein           Adriaan Nicolaesz Kempen         Z        32   100     ?        Wapen van Zeeland     jonge1, schet5, paintings

kapitein           Joost Willemsz Block             Z        32    85     ?        Wapen van Zeeland     jonge1

kapitein           Frans Krijnsz Mangelaer          Z        28   111     ?        Liefde                vreug, 1DW2, 1DW6, jonge1
commandeur         Cornelis Evertsen de Oude        Z        28   111     ?        Wapen van Zeeland     
kapitein           Adriaan Jansz den Oven           Z        28   111     ?        Neptunus              
kapitein           Gillis Janszoon                  Z        28    85     ?        Zeeridder             jonge1
kapitein           Joost Bankert’s luitenant        Z        26    85     ?        Liefde                jonge1, 1DW2
kapitein           Claes Jansz Sanger               Z        26    85     ?        West Capelle          
kapitein           formerly Cornelis Kuijper        Z        26    85     ?        Ter Goes              
kapitein           Jan Duijm                        Z        26?   85     ?        Sint Jan?              
kapitein           Claes Jansz Sanger               Z        26    85     ?        West Cappelle         
kapitein           Dingeman Cats                    Z        24    85     ?        Gekroonde Liefde      jonge1, vreug, 1DW4

kapitein           Pieter Gorcum                    Z        17    50?    ?        Dordrecht             jonge1, staet54, 1DW2           

kapitein           Cornelis Kuiper                  Z        14    40     ?        Jager(Gloeyenden Oven)jonge1, schet3

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