I have thought that Witte de With's squadron, as listed on 30 April 1653, in his letters (E8811 page 70) was a pretty potent striking force. Witte de With was the senior officer who was trusted to handle these special assigments. That had been true since the 1640's. We don't have the gun lists for all the ships, but for quite a few:
Adm Ship Guns Crew Commmander Gun list
A Leeuwarden 34 158 vice-admiraal Witte de With 4-18pdr,14-12pdr,16-6pdr
Vl-Dir Witte Lam 38 168 vice-commandeur de Ruyter
R Utrecht 22 98 commandeur Leender Haexwant 6-12pdr,10-8pdr,2-6pdr,
4-4pdr
A Vogel Phesant 32 110 vice-commendeur de Lapper 18-12pdr,14-6pdr
A Bommel 30 120 kapitein Pieter van Braeckel 20-12pdr,2-6pdr,8-4pdr
Z Neptunus 30 85 kapitein Adriaan den Oven 2-18pdr,4-12pdr,2-10pdr,
6-9pdr,5-8pdr,11-6pdr
A Omlandia 32 109 kapitein Maarten Schaeff 12-12pdr,6-8pdr,
10-6pdr,2-3pdr
A Graaf Willem 40 155 kapitein Verburgh 4-18pdr,16-12pdr,
16-8pdr,4-6pdr
R Overijssel 22 100 kapitein Dirck Vijgh 4-24pdr,2-12pdr,
4-8pdr,12-6pdr
N Prins Maurits 32 97 kapitein Taenman
Z Amsterdam 32 116 kapitein Kempen 2-20pdr,8-12pdr,
2-10pdr,14-?pdr,6-?pdr
F Postpaert 30 106 kapitein Isaac Kodde 10-12pdr,8-8pdr,
10-6pdr,2-3pdr
Z Hollandia 36 127 kapitein Adriaan Banckert 4-24pdr,4-18pdr,2-15pdr,
16-12pdr,10-6pdr
Mi-Dir Gouden Leeuw 30 110 kapitein Jacob Penssen 4-24pdr,4-12pdr,14-8pdr,
6-6pdr,2-4pdr
Ha-Dir Sint Vincent 28 110 kapitein Kleijntje
A-VOC Gerechtigheid 34 105 kapitein Evert Swart
En-Dir Vergulde Zon 28 115 kapitein Jan Duijm 4-18pdr,8-12pdr,6-8pdr,
6-6pdr,2-4pdr,2-2pdr
Sources:
- James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Witte de With's fleet in April 1653", 2006
- Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated, but circa 1992
- Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Zeeland", undated
- Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van Nederlandse schepen in maart 1653", 2006
- Witte de With, letters from 1653 to 1658, Archive E8811 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm
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