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Saturday, September 02, 2006

The hired ship Engel Gabriel (28 guns)

I noticed that the Amsterdam hired ship Engel Gabriel (28 guns) had Evert Pietersz Swart as its skipper (schipper) in mid-1652. In 1653, he commanded the VOC ship Gerechtigheid. The papers of Dr. S. Hart from the Gemeentearchief Amsterdam have some pages devoted to the ship Engel Gabriel:
The ship Engel Gabriel, schipper Evert Pietersz Swart

Length from stem to sternpost: 120ft
Beam:                           27-1/2ft
Hold:                           12-3/4ft
Height above hold:               6ft

28 guns:
 6-12pdr
12-6pdr
 8-4pdr
 2-3pdr

Crew: 110 men
This ship is not mentioned by Ron van Maanen and I am unclear on what role the ship played in the First Anglo-Dutch War. We do have many details about the ship, however.

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