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Sunday, September 17, 2006

In September 1652, the crews of some Amsterdam ships had become quite small

In Witte de With's journal for September 1652, we can see that the crews of some of the Amsterdam and Amsterdam Directors' ships had become quite small. This is a list of examples:
Adm    Ship              Guns  Crew   Captain
A      Leiden            30     92    Cornelis Jol (also called Hoola)
A      Zutphen           26     91    Ewout Jeroensz
A      Hollandsche Tuin  24     70    Hillebrandt Jeroensz
A      Gouden Leeuw      24     59    Gillis Tijssen Campen
A      Hollandia         32    107    Albert Claesz de Graeff
A      Zeelandia         34    105    Lt-Commandeur Nicolaes Marrevelt
A-Dir  Faam              28     96    Jacob Swart
A-Dir  Witte Lam         30     80    Cornelis van Houten
A-Dir  Arke Troijane     28     88    Abraham van Campen
A-Dir  Sint Francisco    28     91    Stoffel Juriaensz
Sources:
  1. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

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