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Sunday, September 03, 2006

An alternative set of data for the Engel Gabriel, Isaac Sweers' ship

One set of information from the papers collected by Dr. S. Hart from the Gemeentearchief Amsterdadm is about the Engel Gabriel. The inventory is signed by Isaac Sweers, so that is pretty definitive that it is about his ship. These are the details from that document. They differ from the dimensions in the document from the Wrangell Collection. I have filled in some of the missing information from the Wrangell Collection and from The First Dutch War, Vol.IV:
The ship Engel Gabriel, Capt. Isaac Sweers

Length from stem to sternpost:  136ft
Beam:                            29ft-6in
Hold:                           (13-6in?)
Height over the hold:             7ft

36 guns:
18-12pdr
 2-8pdr
12-6pdr
 4-4pdr

Crew: (130 men)

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