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- James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
- Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van 31 mei 1653", 2006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