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Thursday, December 28, 2006

A list that includes ships lost already from 28 November 1652: Rotterdam ships

In a package that I received yesterday, there is a list dated 28 November 1652. The list has many names for ships, the guns, and the commanders. The list includes some ships that had already been lost, but is still useful. This is the list of Rotterdam ships (the list names the Admiralty of Rotterdam):
Convoyers (ships of 1648):

Adm Ship                Guns Commander
R   Gorcum              30   Willem Adriaensz Warmont
R   Rotterdam           30   Jan Aertsz Vehaeff
R   Gelderlandt         30   Dirck Juijnbol
        or Schiedam
R   Gelderlandt         24   Aert Jansz van Nes
R   Dordrecht           26   Sier de Lieffde
R   (Nijmegen)          26   Paulus van den Kerckhoff

Of the 36 (of 1651):

R   Brederode           54   lt-admiraal Tromp
R   Gelderlandt         40   Michiel Fransz van de Berg
R   Princesse Louijse   36   Vice-Admiraal Witte de With
R   Hollandt            30   Hendrick de Munnick
R   Princesse Roijalle  36   Joost van Colster
R   Wapen van Rotterdam 26   Jacob van Boshuijsen

Of the 100 (of 1652):

R   Overijssel          22   Dirck Vijgh (formerly Cornelis Engelen Silvergieter)
R   Utrecht             22   Leendert Haexwandt
R   Roscam              26   Corstiaen Eldertszoon
R   Hollandia           24   Hendrick Ernestus de Bartrij
R   Beer                24   Jan de Haes
R   Maria               24   Krijn van den Kerckhoff
R   Sphaera Mundi       26   (Marinus de Clercq)
R   Calmer Sleutel      24   Dirck Vijgh

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