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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Another mystery solved: the West Cappelle in 1653 and 1654

Ron van Maanen's document "Dutch Warships 1600-1800" provides an answer to another question. We knew that Claes Jansz Sanger's ship, the West Cappelle was taken by the English and destroyed at the Battle of Scheveningen in 1653. Captain Sanger was taken prisoner, in the process. However, the Staet van Oorlog te Water for the year 1654 listed the ship, still as being the ship built in 1638, as did Dr. Elias in an appendix to De Vlootbouw in Nederland. Ron says that a new, smaller West Cappelle was built in 1654, and continued in service until 1667. Ab Hoving, several years ago, told me that he had thought that would prove to be the explanation.

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