In the Mediterranean Sea
Verenigde Provincien, 40 guns Johan van Galen
Zon, 40 guns formerly commanded by
Anthonis van Zalingen
Maan, 40 guns David Janssen Bondt
Haarlem, 40 guns Dirk Crijnen Verveen
Zutphen, 36 guns Jan Uyttenhout
Maecht van Enkhuizen, 34 guns Cornelis Tromp
Aertsengel Michiel, 40 guns Willem van Niehoff
Utrecht, 32 guns Jan Roeteringh
Goes, 40 guns Jan Richwijn
Hired ships
Venetia, 28 guns Jacob Schellinger
Julius Caesar Jacob Janszoon Roocher
Jupiter, 28 guns Cornelis Janszoon
Star, 28 guns Hendrick Govertssen
Zwarten Arend, 28 guns Pieter Teunissen Bonteboer
Sint Pieter Pieter van Breen
Witte Olifant Sijbrant Janszoon Mol
Salomons Ordeel Meijndert Theunissen Oosterwout
Rodenhaes Adriaen Rodenhaes
Susanna Pieter Janssen de Vries
Madonna della Vigna Harman Sonne
Ships lying off the Island of St. Martin
Hollandia, 32 guns Evert Anthonissen Marre
Groningen, 40 guns Abraham van der Hulst
Star, 30 guns Jacob Paulussen Cort
Hollandia, 32 guns Albert de Graeff
Drie Coningen, 36 guns Lucas Albertssen
At Havre de Grace
Achilles, 28 guns Dirk Schey
In the Sound
Edam, 28 guns Barent Cramer
Lying in the Texel, ready for sea:
Vrede, 44 guns Gideon de Wildt
(most of the crew as prisoners)
Leeuwarden, 34 guns Govert Reael
Prins Willem, 28 guns Jan Boermans
Leiden, 28 guns Cornelis Hoola
Graaf Willem, 40 guns Jan Gideonszoon Verburgh
Fazant, 32 guns Jan Janszoon de Lapper
Zutphen, 28 guns Ewout Jeroenszoon
Bommel, 30 guns Pieter van Brakel
Omlandia, 30 guns Jacob Troucquois
Dolphijn, 32 guns Gerbrant Schatter
Brack, 18 guns Pieter van Zalingen
Hollandsche Tuin, 24 guns Hillebrandt Jeroenszoon
(ship to be paid off)
Westfriesland, 28 guns Hendrik Huyskens
Aemelia, 28 guns Jan ter Stegen, in place of
Willem van der Zaan
Windhond, 18 guns Dirk Pieterszoon Heertjens
Presumably lying off Amsterdam:
Gelderland, 28 guns Cornelis van Velsen
Overijssel, 28 guns Jan van Campen
Vrijheid, 46 guns The ship of the
late Captain Balck
Campen, 40 guns The ship of the late
Joris van der Zaan
Zeelandia, 34 guns Jacob Huyrluyt
Amsterdam, 30 guns Sijmon van der Aeck
Gouda, 28 guns Jan Egbertssen Ooms
Sampson, 26 guns Hendrick Adriaenszoon
Ships lost
Jaarsveld, 44 guns Johan van Galen wrecked in
the Mediterranean
Amsterdam, 30 guns Barent Dorrevelt foundered off
the Shetlands in storm
Engel Gabriel, 36 guns Isaac Sweers sunk by gunfire at
the Battle of Portland
Taken by the English
Middleburg, 30 guns Jeroen Adelaar
Marcus Curtius, 24 guns Hendrik Kroeger taken
on July 22, 1652
Juffrouw Catarina, 24 guns Dirk Bogaart taken on July 22, 1652
Maria, 30 guns Claes Sael taken at the
Battle of the Kentish Knock
Paid off
Engel, 28 guns Maten Schaeff
Hoop, 28 guns Joris de Caulerij
Goude Leeuw, 24 guns Gillis Thyssen Campen
Patientia, 24 guns Adriaan van Loenen
Keyser, 24 guns Jan ter Stegen
Hoop, 24 guns Wolphert van Brederode
This is based on the list published in Vol.IV of The First Dutch War
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Admiralty of Amsterdam ships in early March 1653
In early March 1653, after the Battle of Portland, the surviving ships were deployed as follows:
