We know that from May 1653, six VOC ships served with the fleet. Presumably, these map to the gun lists and dimensions in the one page I recently received:
Adm Ship Guns Crew Commander
A-VOC Gereghtigheijt 34 112 Capt. Evert Swart (May 1653)
A-VOC huijs van Nassouw 34 112 Capt. van Strijp (May 1653)
A-VOC Mercurius 36 110 Capt. Pieter de Bitter (May 1653)
R-VOC Nassau 32 124 Capt. Jan Arensz van der Werff (May 1653)
36 128 Capt. Jan Arensz van der Werff (Aug. 1653)
Ho-VOC Sinte Willeboort 27 120 Capt. Herick Jacobsz (Aug. 1653)
Mi-VOC Swarte Bul (Edam) 32 104 Capt. Willem Volckertsz (May 1653)
36 139 Capt. Willem Folckertsz (Aug. 1653)
35 125 Lt-Cdr. Abraham Arensz (Sept. 1653)
Sources:
- Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm
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