English Name Guns Year Dutch Name Adm Violet 38 1652 Bear 36 1652/3 Zwarte Beer Mo-Dir Raven 38 1652 Princess Maria 38 1652 Prinses Roijaal Marie R Welcome 36 1652 Stork 36 1652 Arms of Holland 30 1652 Wapen van Holland NQ Sophia 26 1652 Peter 1652 Middelburgh 32 1652 Middelburg A Waterhound 32 1652 Waterhond R Tulip 32 1652 Oak 28 1652 Ackerboom Dolphin 30 1652 Falcon Flyboat 28 1652 Valck Sampson 26 1652 Sampson van Enkhuizen En-Dir? Paul 22-30 1652 Paulus R Falmouth 26 1652 Wapen van Rotterdam R Sampson 26 1652 Sampson van Hoorn NQ Advantage 26 1652 Eendracht Plover 26 1652 Morgenster Adam en Eva 20 1652 Adam en Eva A John Baptist 22 1652 Sint Jan Baptist A Mathias 38-52 1653 Sint Matheeus A-Dir Great Charity 36-46 1653 Groote Liefde A-Dir Black Raven 38 1653 Katherine 36 1653 Catharina A-Dir Golden Cock 36 1653 Vergulde Haan Mi-Dir Elias 36 1653 Elias A-Dir Little Charity 32-28 1653 Liefde Pelican prize 34-36 1653 Vergulde Pelicaen A-Dir Fortune 32-26 1653 Fortuijn Half Moom 30-36 1653 Halve Maan Mo-Dir Westergate 26-34 1653 Westergo F Rosebush 24-34 1653 Rooseboom A-Dir Augustine 26-32 1653 Church 20-26 1653 King David, storeship 1653 Koning David Estridge, hulk 1653 Vogelstruis A-VOC Indian 1654 Roos, East Indiaman A-VOCAt least some of these were captured merchantman, such as the Indian, taken very close to the end of the war. Hopefully, I have included all Dutch prizes, and none that are not Dutch.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Dutch ships taken by the English in the First Anglo-Dutch War
A number of Dutch ships were taken as prizes by the English in the First Anglo-Dutch War. We are not presently able to account for them all. Anderson credits the Bear as being taken in late 1652, which would make by theory about her origin not work. This is the list given by Anderson and Frank Fox:
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