Adriaan de Zeeuw and the Rotterdam Directors' ships in 1652

Carl Stapel found the definitive answer about Adriaan de Zeeuw, who commanded a Rotterdam Directors' ship at the beginning of the First Anglo-Dutch War. At the outbreak, Adriaan de Zeeuw commanded the Sint Pieter (28 guns and a crew of 122 men). This is the information about all seven Rotterdam Directors' ships:

Adm    Ship        Guns Crew Captain
R-Dir  Hollandia   26   105  Ruth Jacobsz Buijs
R-Dir  Jonas       36   125  Jan Evertsz de Liefde
R-Dir  Meerman     30   120  Jacob Cleydijck
R-Dir  Sint Pieter 29   110  Isaac de Jonge
R-Dir  Sint Pieter 28   122  Adriaan de Zeeuw 
R-Dir  Erasmus     ?    ?    Sijmon Cornelisz van der Meer
R-Dir  Prins       38   120  Corstiaen Corstiaensz de Munnicq (Munnick)

We now know that the Erasmus was sunk in June 1652, and Adriaan de Zeeuw's ship was damaged and lying in the Meuse after the fight in the Channel. Adriaan de Zeeuw left the service and Sijmon Cornelisz van der Meer took command of the Sint Pieter. Sources:

1. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol. VI, 1930
2. Hendrik de Raedt, Lyste van de schepen van Oorloge onder het beleyt Admirael Marten Harpersz. Tromp, 1652
3. Carl Stapel, personal communication "Adriaen de Seeuw and his ship", 2006
4. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm