Adm Ship Guns Commander N Hoorn 32 Pieter Allertszoon N Prins Maurits 28 Cornelis Pietersz Taenman N Wapen van Monnikendam 24 Arent Dirckszoon N Casteel van Medemblick 26 Gabriel Theuniszoon N Wapen van Alkmaar 28 Gerrit Nobel N Sampson 26 Willem Ham
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Friday, September 28, 2007
The Noorderkwartier ships that were convoyers funded in 1648
The list of ships that were funded at the peace in 1648 for the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier surprised me. I had always assumed that Cornelis Pietersz Taenman's ship, the Prins Maurits, was one of the 100 ships hired in 1652. According to this one list, the accuracy of which could be disputed, says that the Prins Maurits was one of the convoyers funded at the peace with Spain in 1648. The Dutch rebellion against Spain ended concurrently with the end of the Thirty Years War. The list of Noorderkwartier ships that were in this category might be of interest:
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