Thursday, September 22, 2005

Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier ships with Witte de With in 1645

There were six ships belonging to the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier with Witte de With's fleet in 1645, on the operation to convoy 300 merchant ships into the Sound without paying the toll to the Danes. These ships were the following:
  1. Hoop, 26 guns crew 96 Schout-bij-Nacht Halffhoorn
  2. Wapen van Alkmaar, 24 guns crew 80 Captain Jan Warnaertszoon Capelman
  3. Wapen van Hoorn, 24 guns crew 87 Captain Claes Tesselaar
  4. Medemblik (Kasteel van Medemblik?), 26 guns Crew 80 Captain Gabriel Antheunissen
  5. Sampson, 28 guns crew 92 Captain Schellinghout
  6. (not listed, but perhaps the Monnik), 26 guns crew 80 Arent Dirckszoon
Source:
  1. G.W. Kernkamp, De Sleutels van de Sont, 1890.

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