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 menThis 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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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:
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