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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Witte de With's fleet forthe attack on Scarborough in April 1653

This seems to be the fleet commanded by Witte de With for the planned raid on Scarborough, in April 1653. This list is dated 11 April, and shows the fleet divided into three small squadrons. As the list only gives the captains' names, I have annotated the list from other lists and information:
Van Squadron

Adm    Ship                 Guns Crew Commander
A      Fazant               32   110  vice-commandeur Lapper
A      Dolfijn              30   110  kapitein Gerbrandt Schatter
R                           23    94  luitenant-commandeur Pieter Jacobsz
A-Dir  Valck                28   111  kapitein Cornelis Jansz Brouwer
A-Dir  Sampson              28   110  kapitein Cornelis Cornelisz de Groot
N      Prins Maurits        32    97  kapitein Cornelis Pietersz Taenman
Z      Amsterdam            32   116  kapitein Adriaan Niclaesz Kempen
A      Westfriesland        28   110  kapitein Hendrick Huyskens
F      Postpaert            30   106  kapitein Isaak Kodde

Center Squadron

Adm    Ship                 Guns Crew Commander
A      Leeuwarden           34   158  vice-admiraal Witte Cornelisz de With
                                     on the ship of kapitein Govert Reael
A      Graaf Willem         40   155  kapitein Jan Gideonsz Verburgh
R      Overissel            24    98  kapitein Dirck Vijgh
A      Omlandia             32   109  kapitein Maarten Schaeff
A      Prins Willem         30   106  kapitein Jan Jansz Boermans
A-Dir  David en Goliat      34   125  kapitein Claes Bastiaensz Jaersvelt
A      Leiden               30   107  kapitein Hendrick Kroeger
A      Bommel               34   110  kapitein Pieter van Braeckel
R-VOC  Wapen van Nassau     32   124  kapitein Jan Adriaensz van der Werff
A      Zutphen              26   120  kapitein Hillebrandt Jeroesnz
A-VOC  Gerechtigheid        34   105  kapitein Evert Pietersz Swart
Z      Goes                 26    97  kapitein Cornelis Kuijper

Rear Squadron

Adm    Ship                 Guns Crew Commander
R      Utrecht              22    98  commandeur Leendert Haexwant
A-Dir  Sint Pieter          28   109  kapitein Schuyt
A-Dir  Engel Michiel        28   110  kapitein Bogart
A-Dir                       28   110  luitenant-commandeur Hendrik Heij
                           30   120  luitenant-commandeur Boutecoe
En-Dir Vergulde Zon         28   115  kapitein Jacob Duijm
A-VOC  Mercurius            36   110  kapitein Pieter de Bitter
A-Dir  Catarina             28   110  kapitein Jacob Jansz Kop

Sources:
  1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
  2. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van 31 mei 1653", 2006
  3. Witte de With, letters from 1653 to 1658, Archive E8811 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm
  4. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

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