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Sunday, August 27, 2006

My listing for the Amsterdam Directors' ship Alexander

This is my listing in my new format for the Amsterdam Directors' ship Alexander:
Adm    Ship                  Date  Acq    Length Beam  Hold  Height Over Hold
A-Dir  Alexander             1652  h      131.5  27.75 13    6.75           

Date        Sailors Soldiers  Guns  Gun list
08/11/1652   95               28    4-br 12pdr,8-12pdr,8-8pdr,6-6pdr,2-3pdr

Note        Commander                    Fate Ship    Fate Captain   Notes
13/03/1652  Jan Meyckes (Maijkers)                                   hired
29/05/1652  Jan Meyckes (Maijkers)                                   Battle of Dover
30/06/1652  Jan Meyckes (Maijkers)                                   with the fleet in Jan Evertsen's squadron
04/08/1652  Jan Meyckes (Maijkers)                                   Voyage to the Shetlands


Sources
Dr. Carl Ballhausen, Der Erste Englisch-Höllandische Seekrieg 1652-1654, 1923
Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.I, 1898
Nationaal Archief  1.03.02 Inv. nr. 8, 8 November 1652
Hendrik de Raedt, Lyste van de schepen van Oorloge onder het beleyt Admirael Marten Harpersz. Tromp, 1652

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