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 menWe 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.
This is an ongoing discussion about 17th Century naval wargaming (really, 1620-1720). Part of what is offered are scenarios for games: orders-of-battle, ship lists, battle descriptions, and scenarios for Age of Sail II-Privateers Bounty (a sailing warfare computer simulation/game), suitable scaled for that environment. Copyright (c) 2003-2004 James C. Bender
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:
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