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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

The Amsterdam ship Dolfijn built in 1633

The Amsterdam ship Dolfijn (1633) fought in the First Anglo-Dutch War and was lost at the Battle of Scheveningen on 10 August 1653. The ship was commanded by Gerbrand Schatter. Ron van Maanen has some more details beyond what we had known:
The ship Dolfijn, Capt. Gerbrand Schatter

                             "traditional"    5 April 1653
Length from stem to sternpost:  116ft      or 120ft
Beam:                            25ft      or  28ft
Hold:                            12ft      or  10-1/2ft
Height over hold:                 ?        or   6-1/4ft

32 guns:
16 November 1653:  8-12pdr, 12-8pdr, 12-6pdr, 4-4pdr
 5 April 1653:     8-12pdr, 16-8pdr, 8-6pdr

Crew: (1 April 1653)
100 sailors and 20 soldiers
Sources:
  1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2005
  2. Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated but circa 1992

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