Cornelis van Velsen commanded the ship Gelderland during the First Anglo-Dutch War up to the Battle of the Gabbard, when the ship was lost in action due to a gunpowder explosion. Ron van Maanen's notes have the information about the ship:
The ship Gelderland, Capt. Cornelis van Velsen
Length from stem to sternpost: 112ft
Beam: 28ft
Hold: 11ft
Height above hold: 6-1/2ft
28 guns:
16-10pdr
10-6pdr
2-3pdr
Crew: 100 men
Sources:
- Johan E. Elias, Schetsen uit de geschiedenis van ons zeewezen, Vol.V, 1928
- Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.II, 1900
- Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated, but circa 1992
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