separated to Gelderland: Captain Codde
Half Gelderland, half Drenthe: Captain Maerten Schaeff
These both to Amsterdam sacked
Holland, Rotterdam: the ship Aemelia, the previous
memorandum reflects the current situation of the ship
Vice-Admiral Witte de With
Captain Willem Coulster
Captain Job Forant
These three ships have the 2nd of these selected;
the fifth ship remains defective
Holland, Amsterdam: the Schout-bij-Nacht Cats
Captain Cornelis Toelast. These two lay in the Texel
crowned with ice aloft
Captain Jacob Paulussen Cort. This ship lays at Amsterdam.
Captain Matthijs Gilliszoon. He has apparently sailed
on the 15th for the Wielingen after the
Vice-Admiral De With gave way.
Captain Barent Cramer with his rowjacht, lies at
Amsterdam at the end of his service.
Captain Govert Voorns. In November, the Admiralty
had requested a subsidy to pay for building
a new ship in its place.
Holland, the Noorderkwartier, of Hoorn: Captain Jan Gijsen.
Cpatain Willem Claeszoon Ham.
Enkhuizen: Captain Lieven de Zeeuw.
Captain Paulus Coole.
Captain Jan Backer. These five are one fifth
of the Holland crew, laying cashiered (paid off?)
and remain with defects
of Zeeland: Commandeur Joost Bankert
Captain Frans Janszoon
Ship of Captain Ringelszoon. There three
capital ships went to the Brazil in the service
of the West-Indies Company. They sailed and
are apparently still being maintained by
the company.
The frigate of Captain Swart.
The frigate of Captain Regermorter. On the 15th,
these two should be ready for 10 weeks at sea.
Utrecht: These two ships have several years of defects,
and apparently still are defective.
Friesland: Captain Bouckhorst
Captain Hendrik Janszoon Camp.
Captain Joris Pieterszoon Broeck.
All should know that repairs of these three
ships have commenced.
Captain Van der Parre.
This new ship lays at Rotterdam for years and rots.
Captain Tjaert de Groot.
(there is another sentence of which I cannot make
into a reasonable sentence:
Hier is tot Harlingen een nieuw holl voor
gemaeckt, dan of nu in zee gebracht sal werden,
is ons noch onbewust.)
Overijssel: Captain Dirk Crijnszoon Verveen.
This ship lies paid off at Schiedam. The
General's frigate commanded by Jan Aerts Verhaeff,
lies rotting at Rotterdam.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Tromp's fleet off Dunkirk on 19 April 1646
In Dr. M. G. De Boer's book Tromp en de Duinkerkers (1949), there is a list of captains in his fleet, with their affiliations. The list leaves something to be desired, but it is better than nothing. I don't have too much faith in some of my interpretations. I would welcome a better translation to English than
I have been able to make:
