Ship the Dolphijn Commander in September 1652: Paulus van den Kerckhoff Length (Maas feet): 110ft Beam (Maas feet): 25-1/2ft Hold (Maas feet): 12-1/2ft Length (Amst feet): 120ft Beam (Amst feet): 27ft-9in Hold (Amst feet): 13ft-7in Displacement: 555.6 tons Broadside weight: 177 lbs Armament: 4-24pdr, 16-12pdr, 8-6pdr, 2-4pdr, 2-3pdr Length WL (English): 107ft-4in Length WL (Amst ft): 115ft-7in Beam outside planking (English): 27ft Mean draft (English): 13ft-5in Size in Lasten: 210 lasts Jan Glete's approximation: 529.14 tons English burden: 349.86 tons
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Monday, July 09, 2007
The Rotterdam ship Dolphijn, calculated
The dimensions given for the Rotterdam ship in the classic 26 February 1652 list are different from those published in Vreugdenhil's list and from what is in the Staet van Oorlog te Water for the year 1654. A similar list from 7 March has the same dimensions, as they both must be based on records at the Admiralty of Rotterdam. I have based my calculations for early 1652 on those dimensions, of Maas feet of 12 inches to the foot:
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