Jan le Sage commanded a Middelburg Directors' ship from about March 1652 up to the Three Days Battle, when his ship was captured. His ship was named Gulden Haan (or Vergulde Haan). The Gulden Haan served in the English navy as the Golden Cock. Ron van Maanen has the detailed information about the ship:
The ship Gulden Haan, kapitein Jan le Sage
Length from stem to sternpost: 124ft
Beam: 29ft
Hold: ?
Height between decks: 6-3/4ft
36 guns:
8-18pdr, 4-12pdr, 18-8pdr, 6-6pdr
Crew: 121 men
Sources:
- Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated but circa 1992
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