Hired ships Rank Name Adm/Dir guns Sailors Soldiers Ship kapitein Willem van Nieuhoff A 40 130 20 Aertsengel Michiel kapitein Lucas Albertssen? A 36 130 20 Drie Coningen kapitein Adriaan van den Bosch A 36 130 20 Engel Gabriel kapitein Evert Anthonissen A 32 130 20 Hollandia kapitein Albert Claesz de Graeff A 32 100 20 Hollandia kapitein Jacob Troncquois A 30 100 20 Omlandia kapitein Sijmon van der Aeck? A 30 100 20 Amsterdam kapitein Jacob Schellinger A 28 100 20 Venetia kapitein Jacob Janssen Roocher A 28 100 20 Julius Caesar kapitein Cornelis Janszoon A 28 100 20 Jupiter kapitein Hendrick Govertszoon A 28 100 20 Star kapitein Pieter Tuenisz Bontebotter A 28 100 20 Zwarten Arend kapitein Pieter van Breen A 28 100 20 Sint Pieter kapitein Sijbrant Jansz Mol A 28 100 20 Witte Olifant kapitein Meijndert Theunisz OosterwoutA 28 100 20 Salomons Ordeel kapitein Adriaan Rodenhaes A 28 100 20 Rodenhaes kapitein Pieter Jansz de Vries A 28 100 20 Suzanna kapitein Harman Sonne A 28 100 20 Madonna della Vigna kapitein Jan Boermans A 28 100 20 Prins Willem kapitein Cornelis van Velsen A 28 100 20 Gelderland kapitein Adriaan van Loenen A 28 100 20 Goude Reael kapitein Jan ter Stegen A 28 100 20 Prinses Aemilia ? ? A 28 100 20 Hoop ? ? A 28 100 20 Engel kapitein Hendrik Adriaanszoon A 26 90 20 Sampson ? ? A 24 80 20 Goude Leeuw ? ? A 24 80 20 Patientia ? ? A 24 80 20 Keyser ? ? A 24 80 20 Hoop kapitein Hillebrant Jeroenszoon A 24 80 20 Hollandsche Tuin kapitein Dirk Pietersz Heertjens A 18 70 15 WindhondThe ships with unknown captains were paid off sometime before this, or around this time and their captains were reassigned to replace captains who were dismissed from the service. A feature of this list is that there seems to be no room for a mystery ship, such as that commanded by Abraham van der Hulst in 1652 (a ship of 26 guns). That was why it seemed that he might have commanded the Sampson (26 guns), later commanded by Hendrick Adriaanszoon. Another question is if the Hoop (28 guns) listed here was the ship commanded by Boëtius Schaeff at the Battle of the Gabbard, when he was killed.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Amsterdam hired ships in March 1653
From my list of ships in service with the Dutch fleet in March 1653, there are the Amsterdam hired ships: