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Sunday, May 07, 2006

Some gunpowder data from the Battle of Scheveningen

There is a report on condition of ships belonging to the Admiralty of Amsterdam (and possibly, the Amsterdam Directors) after the Battle of Scheveningen. The report is dated 12 August 1653 and appears in Vol.V of the That is the one source that I have seen about gunpowder carried and used (at any time). I have written about this list before, but not with this focus. To some degree, having the starting amount, expended, and remaining is redundant, but we have the numbers for consistency. The list gives the numbers as either used or remaining:
                                           Gunpowder barrels
Ship           Guns Crew Commander            start   Used Remaining
Zeelandia        36 120  Nicolaes Marrevelt     70    16   54
Prins Willem     28 100  Jan Jansz Boermans     ?     ?    ?
Jonas            ?  ?    Joris Caulerij         52    13   39
Gouda            28 100  Jan Egbertsz Ooms      36     8   28
Pelikaan         ?  ?    Capt. Overcamp         50    10   40
Vrijheid         46 170  Abraham van der Hulst  ?     ?    ?
Groningen        42 140  Gillis Thyssen Campen  ?     ?    ?
Campen           42 140  Willem van der Zaan    94    28   66
Engel Gabriel    ?  ?    Adriaan van den Bosch  30    10   20
Vrede            44 160  Gideon de Wildt       114    64   50
Zutphen          26 120  Hillebrandt Jeroensz   ?     ?    ?
Goude Reael      28 110  Adriaan van Loenen     31     5   26
Morgenstart      ?  ?    Captain Quaeff         ?     ?    16
Edam             28 100  Barent Cramer          ?     ?    ?
Overijssel       28 100  Jan van Campen         ?     ?    ?
Brak             18  70  Poppe Brinckers        30    12   18
Westfriesland    28 140  Hendrik Huyskens       48    20   28
Amsterdam        50 ?    Paulus Egbertsz Sonck  50    31   19
Windhond         18  70  Jan Admirael           ?     ?    22
Leeuwarden       36 140  Govert Reael           85    39   46
Leiden           28 100  Hendrik Kroeger        50    24   26
Hoop             ?  ?    Dirk Pater             ?     ?    30
Fazant           32 120  Jan de Lapper          52    24   28
Hollandsche Tuin 32 ?    Joris Jansz Block      70    16   54
Although there are indications that Paulus Egbertsz Sonck commanded the brand new ship Amsterdam (50 guns), the powder carried seems more consistent with the older, smaller ship. This list is also useful in that we know all these ships fought in the Battle of Scheveningen.

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