Sint Pieter kapitein Gerrit Schuyt Length: 128ft Beam: 28ft Planned crew: 109 men Actually on board: 96 men Guns: 10-12pdr, 8-8pdr, 8-6pdr, and 2-3pdr Of these, five 12pdr were unusable, as were four 8pdr guns. Two of the 12pdr were burst as was one 8pdr gun. The Sint Pieter had 2700 lbs of gunpowder.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The Amsterdam Directors' ship Sint Pieter from 22 June 1653
Gerrit Schuyt commanded the Amsterdam Directors' ship Sint Pieter in 1653. He fought in the Battle of the Gabbard on 12 and 13 June. I have this status document from 22 June that has some details of his ship:
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