"Old" captains: Ship Guns Captain Zeeuwschen Leeuw 27 Cornelis Evertsen de Oude Amsterdam 32 Adriaen Kempen Wapen van Zeeland 34 Joost Willemsz Block Hasewint 28 Jacob Verhelle Westcappel 28 Adriaen Banckert Zeeuwschen Jager 14 Adriaen Jansz den Gloeyenden Oven Middelburg 26 Claes Jansz Sanger Sandenburg 24 Pieter Gorcum Orangie, binnenjacht Frans Mangelaer Maecht, binnenjacht Jan Jansz van de Putte Zeeuwschen Post, Oovrert (?) de Moor binnenjacht
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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
I used to think that there were few Dutch lists with ship names from 1652
I had long studied published sources about the First Anglo-Dutch War. I have been particularly interested and focused on the Dutch in that war. The published sources for 1652 just have lists of captains, with no ship names, except for Michiel De Ruyter's fleet in July-August 1652. One of the documents that I received last week is dated 11 May 1652. That list has captains' names and ship names. This list has just Zeeland captains and ships. The list is divided between "old" and "new" captains. The "old" captains commanded ships built as regular warships. The "new" captains commanded ships hired in 1652:
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