- Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.II, 1900
- S. Hart, papers from the Amsterdam notarial archives, Gemeentearchief Amsterdam: Arch. nr. 883, Inv. nr. 471
- Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated but circa 1992
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Thursday, September 07, 2006
The Groninger St. Nicolaes
We have a copy of a page from Dr. S. Hart's papers (numbered 1379) that has the notary record for hiring what the page calls the "Groninger St. Nicolaes". The ship was hired in Amsterdam on 10 June 1652. The captain was Andries van den Bouckhorst. Ron van Maanen has an entry in "Dutch Warships 1600-1800" about this ship, which he calls the "Groeningen Nicolaes". This seems to be the ship that was sunk by collision in the summer of 1652. Capt. Bouckhorst was apparently drowned when the ship sank. The dimensions from Ron van Maanen are: 106ft x 25-1/2ft x 11ft. All the numbers in the notary record are spelled out, which is a challenge for me. He lists the armament, which was 24 guns: 4-8pdr, 8-6pdr, 10-4pdr, and 2-2pdr. The list of ships in De Ruyter's convoying fleet gave the armament as 23 guns.
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