New construction in Friesland between 1652 and July 1654

Friesland had five new ships on strength, after war losses, in July 1654, that had been added since 1652. There is a list in the appendix of De Jonge's Geschiedinis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen. We are able to "cheat" and consult the Staet van Oorlogh te Water for the year 1654 to aid us in filling in the ship names:

Ship name            Guns Crew Length Beam Hold Captain
Oostergo               52  95  140    36   14.5 Rombout van der Parre
Westergo               44  95  134    34   14
Stad en Lande          44  95  134    34   14
Groningen              44  90  132    31   13
Prinses Albertina      44  90  130    32   13.5 Adriaan Bruynsvelt

In addition, two new ships were lost in 1653. The Kameel (42 guns) seems to have been in the service of the Groningen Directors, and was sunk at the Battle of the Gabbard, in June 1653. The Zevenwolden (38 guns and a crew of, another new ship, was in the service of the Admiralty of Friesland. The Zevenwolden was taken and sunk at the Battle of Scheveningen in August 1653. Another ship is mentioned in Vreugdenhil and in the Staet named the Groenewald. It was purchased in 1652, as part of the new construction program. As the Groenewald is not mentioned during the war, or anywhere other than the Staet, I suspect that it was renamed. There is disagreement on this point, but her dimensions are virtually identical to those of the Groningen in Dr. Weber's book about the Four Days' Battle. Sources:

1. Liewe van Aitzema, Saken van Staet in Oorlogh in ende omtrent de Vereenigte Nederlanden (7 vols. 1655-1671)
2. Dr. Carl Ballhausen, Der Erste Englisch-Höllandische Seekrieg 1652-1654, 1923
3. H.A. van Foreest and R.E.J. Weber, De Vierdaagse Zeeslag 11-14 Juni 1666, 1984
4. J. C. De Jonge, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen, Vol.I, 1858
5. Staet van Oorlog te Water for the year 1654, 1654
6. A. Vreugdenhil, Ships of the United Netherlands 1648-1702, 1938