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Saturday, May 28, 2005

Hainsworth and Churches incorrectly state that the Brederode was "a converted East Indiaman"

I beg to differ with Hainsworth and Churches, where they state that the Brederode was a converted East Indiaman on page 20 of their book. The Brederode was, in fact, a purpose-built warship built by the Admiralty of Rotterdam as a replacement for the worn out Aemelia (57 guns) that had been Tromp's flagship at the Battle of the Downs. The Brederode was ready for sea by May 1645, and her first sea duty was as Witte de With's flagship during the operation to push a large fleet of Dutch merchantmen into the Sound past the Danes, without paying the toll. Willem van de Velde the Elder drew pictures of the Brederode setting sail from the Vlie on the way to the Sound. The Brederode was armed like an English 3rd Rate, although she was the size of the largest 4th Rates or the smallest 3rd Rates. Her keel, in English feet, could have been around 108ft.

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