Today, I received a letter from Jan Glete that has copies of paper written by Ron van Maanen, and passed on to Prof. Glete about 1991. The paper is titled "De Dutch in Danish Waters". Part 1 is called "The Dutch Fleet in 1658 and 1659". That is what I received.
There many nuggets in this paper. For example, the Cogge appears to have been a merchant ship that had been hired by the Danes in 1657, and returned to the Dutch before Christmas. There are also some dimensions actually measured, not just the designed measurements. This is just a sample. As much as possible, I have preserved Mr. van Maanen's words and spelling that are in this table:
|
Ship |
Eendracht |
|
Admiralty |
Maas (Rottedam) |
|
Built |
1653 |
|
Length (Designed) |
150 feet |
|
Length (Measured) |
152 feet |
|
Length (keel as designed) |
121 feet |
|
Beam (uitwatering) |
37 feet-4 inches |
|
Beam |
38 feet |
|
Depth of hold (below overloop, after measurement) |
14 feet-8 inches/ 15 feet-3 inches |
|
Height verdeck |
7 feet-9 inches |
|
Guns |
58-72 |
|
Crew in 1658 |
240 sailors and 75 soldiers |
