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Thursday, November 20, 2003
Something Interesting
After I found out about the ability to search the 10 museum/archive sites in the Netherlands, I found something interesting. I guess that I had seen a reference to this, but now I know how to find it.
B1959
Maritiem Museum Rotterdam
Pamflet 55
Lyste, Van de Schepen van Oorloge Onder het beleyt van den Admirael Marten Harpersz. Tromp,
En op den 4 Augusty 1652
Hendrick de Raadt (Raedt)
Hendrick de Raedt (as it was spelled in 1652-1653), commanded an Amsterdam Directors' ship, the Swarte Leeuw:
Captain Hendrick de Raedt
Length: 130 feet
Beam: 28 feet
Hold: 13-1/2 feet
Boven: 6-1/4 feet
28 guns:
4-12pdr brass of the State,
8-12pdr,
8-8pdr,
6-6pdr,
2-3pdr
Crew: 110
In early 1652, his lieutenant was Robbert Pietersz.