Perhaps the guns and crews for the two large East Indiamen that fought in the Battle of the Kentish Knock on 8 October 1652 might be of interest to someone. The journals of Witte de With have figures that I did not expect to see:
Adm Ship Guns Crew Captain
Mi-VOC Prins Willem 56 283 Jacob Gaeuw
Mi-VOC Henrietta Louise 48 228 Pieter Marcuszoon
Dr. Ballhausen actually has a reaasonable figure for the Prins Willem in his book, on page 365, where he gave 56 guns and a crew of about 280 men. For the "Louisa Hendrika", a variation of the Henrietta Louise name, he gave the figure of 45 guns and a crew of about 220 men, which were oddly enough, not far from the truth.
Sources:
- Dr. Carl Ballhausen, Der Erste Englisch-Höllandische Seekrieg 1652-1654, 1923
- Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm
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