Ship the Croon Imperiael of Mr. Coimans Arrived in the Texel on 24 March 1652 130ft length 30ft beam 12-1/2 hold 7ft height between decks Guns in a side note: 2 24pdr brass of the state 16 12pdr of which 10 are brass 12 6pdr of which 2 are brass 2 3pdr The guns: 6 of 12lb iron 2 12lb brass 2 12lb brass 4 pieces 1/2 cartouwen 4 iron 12lb 2 brass 12lb 2 brass 6lb 12 of 6lb iron 4 of 4lb found with the ship 38 pieces total
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Sunday, March 12, 2006
A tidbit from a document dated 18 March 1652
The ship Kroon Imperiaal,hired by the Amsterdam Directors in 1652 was a stalwart in battle until her loss at the Battle of Portland in 1653. I have previously published the usual data about her, but there are a few nuggets left from this document dated 18 March 1652. This is from the archive "Directies ter Equipering van Oorlogsschepen 1631-1657" at the Nationaal Archief in the Hague. This is from the listing for the Kroon Imperiaal (Croon Imperiael) with my translation of what I can read, slightly annotated to make sense: