(Blogger seems to be getting bad again) Page 117 of Witte de With's letters gives an expanded list of Rotterdam ships that explains the earlier list:
Adm Ship Guns Crew Commander
R Utrecht 22 98 commandeur Haexwant
R Overijssel 24 98 kapitein Vijgh
R Rotterdam 32 120 luitenant-commandeur Pieter Verhaven
R Gorcum 30 116 kapitein Willem Arensz Warmont
R Dolfijn 32 116 kapitein Kerckhoff
R Gelderland kapitein Aert Jansz Jongen Boer (van Nes)
R Brederode 56 268 Lt-admiraal Tromp's flag captain
Sources:
- James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
- Witte de With, letters from 1653 to 1658, Archive E8811 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm
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