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Saturday, April 21, 2007

Ten large Directors' ships in March 1653

In Appendix XXII of Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen, Vol.I, J.C. De Jonge gives the number of large Directors' ships in service in March 1653 was ten. These were ships with 34 to 38 guns. The question is if we can name them:
Adm     Ship                     Guns Crew Commander
A-Dir   Groote Vergulde Fortuijn 34   125  Claes Bastiaensz van Jaersvelt
A-Dir   Sint Matheeus            42   155  Cornelis Laurensz Naeuoogh
A-Dir   Elias                    34   107  Frans Fransz Sluijter
A-Dir   Gideon                   34    95  Dirck Jansz Somer
A-Dir   Burgh                    34   119  Hendrick Glas
A-Dir   Moor                     36   130  Ariaen Cornelisz van Ackersloot
R-Dir   Prins                    38   168  Jacob Cleijdijck
Mi-Dir  Gekroonde Liefde         36   142  Marcus Hartman
Vli-Dir Lam                      38   168  Michiel Adriaensz de Ruijter
Ve-Dir  Wapen van der Vere       37   116  Jan Olivierszoon

This is based on Witte de With's journal for 1653, as well as a documented dated 28 January 1653, which falls into the right date range.

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