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Monday, July 31, 2006

A tidbit: the ship Star commanded by Jacob Paulusz Cort

I receive mail from Prof. Jan Glete, today. It contains data for ships of the Admiralty of Amsterdam, dating from 1652. This is from the listing for the ship Star, commanded by Jacob Paulusz Cort. The dimensions match those that are known, but it includes the height between decks and the list of guns carried:
The ship Star, Captain Cort

Length from stem to sternpost: 120ft
Beam                            28ft
Height between decks             6-1/2ft

28 guns: 
 
 6 brass guns of  12 lbs
 2 brass drakes of 3 lbs
12 gotelingen of  8 lbs
 8 gotelingen of  6 lbs

The crew was 90 men

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