Saturday, April 24, 2004

Michiel De Ruyter's squadron at Scheveningen (amended)

As I am working on building Dutch OOB's for the Gabbard and Scheveningen, I have been reading through the published sources. I believe that I missed one ship that was in De Ruyter's division within his squadron. I will try to format the information better, this time.

De Ruijter apparently flew his flag on the Witte Lam, at both the Battle of the Gabbard and Scheveningen. I remember seeing, in Salt in Their Blood, that the Lam had 40 guns and a crew of 145 men. In the published list from 1652, near the beginning of the war, Jan Tijssen's ship only carried 32 guns and had a crew of 110 men. We know the composition of his squadron at Scheveningen by the orders he gave to the individual captains.  These are documented in The First Dutch War, Vol.V. Asterisks (*) denote estimates. The ships are in the order that they are mentioned, except that we include De Ruyter's ship.

Captain/Admiral

"Admiralty"

Ship

Michiel De Ruyter

Vlissingen Directors

Witte Lam, 40 guns

Dingeman Cats

Zeeland

Gekroonde Liefde, 23 guns

Hendrick Kroeger

Amsterdam

Leiden, 28 guns

Lt-Commander Anthonis Fappenlain (or Anthonis Foppenthey), Lieutenant of Tijs Tijmenszoon Peereboom

Noorderkwartier

Peereboom, 24 guns

Jan Olivierszoon

Veere Directors

Unknown ship, 38 guns

Gillis Janszoon

Zeeland

Zeeridder, 28 guns

Adriaan Corneliszoon van Ackersloot

Amsterdam Directors

Moor, 34 guns

Frans Mangelaar

Zeeland

Liefde, 30 guns

Evert Pieterszoon Swart

Amsterdam Chamber of the VOC

Gerechtigheid

Bastiaan Centen (Senten or Centsen)

Zeeland

Haes

Jan Pieterszoon Strijp

Amsterdam Chamber of the VOC

Huis van Nassau

Markus Hartman

Zeeland

Gekroonde Liefde, 34 guns

Jakob Wolfertszoon

Zeeland

Unknown ship, 28 guns*

Jakob Swart (possibly Jacob Cornelisz. Swart)

Amsterdam Directors

Faam, 28 guns

Pieter de Bitter

Amsterdam Chamber of the VOC

Mercurius, 36 guns*

That would give De Ruijter's squadron a strength of 15 ships, which is plausible., although I would have guessed his squadron to be larger.

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