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:
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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