The ship, the Engel Michiel Length from stem to sternpost: 142ft Beam: 32-1/2ft Hold: 14-1/2ft Height between decks: 7ft 40 guns: 4 iron gotelingen of 18lbs 16 iron gotelingen of 12lbs 16 iron gotelingen of 8lbs 4 iron gotelingen of 4lbs De huyr van 't schip 3100 de gagie van 't 120 coppen 1490 de matroosen van 120 coppen 1271 Extraordinaris 60 huyr van 20 stucken 400I do not understand the reference to 120 men twice, as I have understood the presence of the first sort of reference to mean that this was the cost of hiring the crew. The second is a reference to 120 sailors.
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Friday, August 04, 2006
The Aartsengel Michiel from the papers from Jan Glete
The Aartsengel Michiel (the papers from Jan Glete just call the ship the Engel Michiel) was hired in 1652, fought in the Battle of Plymouth, under De Ruyter's command, and probably fought in the Battle of the Kentish Knock. Later in 1652, the ship was sent to the Mediterranean Sea, where it operated as a storeship for the fleet there. I have seen the Aartsengel Michiel described as a fluit. The Aartsengel Michiel is number 90 in Vreugdenhil's list. Vreugdenhil had a note that the Aartsengel Michiel's guns were "small", but that was not true in 1652, at least according to the document that Jan Glete sent me from the Wrangel Collection in the Swedish archives. This is what that document has:
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