The ship Frisia, Capt. Wigelma Length from stem to sternpost: 120ft Beam: 28ft Hold: 11ft Height over hold: 7ft 28 guns: 2-12pdr 4-10pdr 10-6pdr 4-5pdr Crew: 100 to 110 men
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Friday, September 01, 2006
The ship Frisia, blown up in the Three Days Battle
Ron van Maanen as the details about the ship Frisia, commanded by Schelte Wiglema (or is it Wichelma?) in 1652 and early 1653. The ship was destroyed by explosion at the Three Days Battle (the Battle of Portland), probably on the first day, 28 February 1653. There are some troubling aspects of Ron's information, in that there are notes dated 4/1653 and 20/5/1653, which are both after the ship was lost. I have experience with at least two other lists which had a ship that had already been lost (the West Capelle, lost at the Battle of Scheveningen). The lists were the Staet van Oorlog te Water for the year 1654 and the 1655 list summarized in an appendix to De Vlootbouw in Nederland. This is the information that Ron has about the Frisia, augmented by what I already knew. I never expected to know any of this:
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