Ships named Amsterdam in 1653

We had thought that the ship Amsterdam commanded by Paulus Egbertsz Sonck at the Battle of Scheveningen was the new ship completed in 1653 that carried 50 guns. The reason to doubt this is that after the Battle of Scheveningen, the ship Amsterdam was listed as having carried 5,000 lbs. of gunpowder (50 barrels) and as having 1,900 lbs. remaining. This is quite out of line with a 50 gun ship. The Campen, a 40-gun ship, had started the battle with 94 barrels of gunpowder (9,400 lbs.) and ended the battle with 66 barrels (6,600 lbs). More likely, the Amsterdam was the ship previously commanded by Sijmon van der Aeck, carrying 30 guns and having a crew of 100 men. We now believe that Jan Gidionsz Verburch (or Verburgh) commanded the new Amsterdam (50 guns and a crew of 170 men) on Witte de With's voyage to Norway to convoy back merchants ships stranded there by the English blockade. Certainly, Jan Gidionsz Verburch commanded the Amsterdam built in 1653 in July 1654 and in 1658, where he fought in the Battle of the Sound. Sources:

1. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.V, 1912
2. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol. VI, 1930
3. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2005
4. Johan E. Elias, Schetsen uit de geschiedenis van ons zeewezen, Vol.VI, 1930
5. G. L. Grove, Journalen van de Admiralen Van Wassenaer-Obdam (1658/59) en De Ruyter (1659/60), 1907