Thanks to Carl Stapel's research, we know dimensions for some pretty old Dutch warships. For the ship that have both lasts and dimensions, I calculated the factor. The formula for calculating lasts is as follows:
Lasts = length x beam x hold / K
This is the list:
Adm Ship Captain Built Size K Length Beam Hold
A Dolfijn Marten Zegersz. 1593 125lasts 243.8 100ft 26-1/2ft 11-1/2ft
A Kraan Cornelis van Grieken 90ft 25ft 12ft
A Neptunus unknown 1593 250lasts 183.5 102ft 33ft 13-1/2ft
A Utrecht unknown listed 1607 90ft 27-1/4ft 11ft
Z Neptunus unknown 1596* 200lasts 62ft? 27ft
Sources:
- Carl Stapel, personal communication "a ship from 1593", 2005.
- Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Neptunus", 2005.
- Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Vlootlijst Gibraltar 25 april 1607", 2006.