Sunday, November 13, 2005

More about the Prins te Paard in De With's journal

Witte de With's journal starting from 24 August 1652 refers to Corstiaean Corstiaenszoon as commanding a Rotterdam Directors' ship. On that date, Witte de With had 22 ships with him. This is the list:
Rotterdam Admiralty

Witte de With             Prinses Louise     36 guns
Aert van Nes              Gelderland         26 guns

Rotterdam Directors

Ruth Jacobszoon Buys      (not known)        26 guns
Corstiaen Corstiaenszoon  Prins te Paard     38 guns

Amsterdam Admiralty

Gideon de Wildt           Vrede              42 guns
Cornelis Hoola            Leiden             28 guns
Abraham van der Hulst     (not known)        26 guns
Albert de Graeff          Hollandia          32 guns
Joris van der Zaan        Campen             38 guns
Nicolaes Marrevelt        Zeelandia          36 guns
Jacob Paulussen Cort      Star               28 guns
Jan van Campen            Overijssel         28 guns
Dirk Schey                Achilles           28 guns

Amsterdam Directors

Cornelis van Houtten     Witte Lam          30 guns
Abraham van Campen       Arke Troijane      28 guns
Jacob Corneliszoon Swart Faam               28 guns
Stoffel Juriaenszoon     Sint Francisco     28 guns

Noorderkwartier Admiralty

Arent Dirckszoon         Monnick            24 guns

Hoorn Dirctors

Pieter Adriaanszoon
       van Blocker       (not known)        28 guns

Zeeland Admiralty

Adriaan Bankert          (not known)        26 guns

Middelburg Directors

Jacob Penssen            Gouden Leeuw       30 guns
Johannes de Regermorter  (not known)        30 guns
As you can see, there are still some holes in our knowledge of ships and captains of the First Anglo-Dutch War.

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