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Sunday, August 13, 2006

It turns out that I know the height between decks for more ships than I knew

I had only recently become interested in recording the height between decks for Dutch ships. It turns out that a document provided me by Jan Glete in September 2004 written by Ron van Maanen, has that information for ships involved in operations in 1658. Here are some examples. Note that the actual measurement for the Eendracht's length was 152ft, despite being intended to be 150ft long:
Adm Ship                Date Guns Sailors Soldiers Length    Beam     Hold     Ht bet decks
R   Eendracht           1653 72   240     75       152ft     38ft     15ft-3in  7ft-9in
R   Rotterdam           1639 34    91     20       115ft-5in 27ft-3in 10ft-10in 6ft
R   Wapen van Dordrecht 1655 42   130     30       127ft-7in 32ft-5in 13ft-3in  7ft-4in
A   Landman             1653 40   136              130ft     32ft     13-1/2ft  7ft
A   Zon                 1640 40   115     24       130ft     31-1/2ft 12ft      7ft
A   Westfriesland       1648 28   100              118ft     28ft     10-1/2ft  6-1/2ft
N   Jozua               1653 50   150              136ft     34ft     14ft      7-1/2ft

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