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Friday, August 25, 2006

A candidate for Gijsbert Malcontent's ship

My study of Ron van Maanen's list of ships: Dutch Warships 1600-1800 suggests a candidate for Gijsbert Malcontent's ship in 1652 and up to the Three Days' Battle in 1653:
The ship Maagd van Enkhuizen, hired by the Enkhuizen Directors
in service in 1653

Length from stem to sternpost:  120ft
Beam:                            28ft
Hold:                            unknown
Height over hold:                 7ft

28 guns
crew: 110 men
We have hopes of receiving information about Ron's sources for individual ships. They are needed so that we can find the documents he saw, so that we might find information about captains, which Ron did not record.

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