Name Guns Adty. Date Length Beam Depth 20. Frisia (frigate) 12 F 1637* 78* 17-1/2* If this is the same vessel as that listed in the Staat van Oorlog te Water for the year 1654, then the dimensions are exact. Joost Bulter was listed as captain in 1648, where the vessel was called a frigate, not a smack 21. Gekroonde Liefde 23 Z 110 23-1/2 This was the ship commanded by Dingeman Cats from after the Battle of the Kentish Knock until at least November 1653. The Gekroonde Liefde survived the storm off the Texel after returning from Norway with Witte de With's fleet. 22. Gelderland 40 M 1632 128-8/11 30-6/11 13-7/11 This ship served in the Mediterranean Sea during the First Anglo-Dutch War. The captain was Michiel Fransz van der Bergh. Vreugdenhil gave the dimensions in Maas feet, while these are in Amsterdam feet Name Guns Adty. Date Length Beam Depth 23. Gelderland 24 M 1636 109-1/11 25-1/11 8-8/11 This was the ship commanded by Aert van Nes from the fall of 1652 until the end of the First Anglo-Dutch War. Vreugdenhil gives the dimensions in Maas feet. The Staat van Oorlog te Water for the year 1654 gives the wrong dimensions (those for the larger ships, such as the Gorcum and Rotterdam)
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Continued Vreugdenhil commentary
This is a continuation of what I started on the other blog:
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