Adm Captain Ship Guns Crew Jan Bonkier Zeepaard ? ? A Cornelis Cornelisz Jol Moorin 28 105 Z Cornelis Evertsen de Oude Wapen van Zeeland 26-28 130 or Zeeuwsche Leeuw Mi-Dir ? Antonius Bonavetura 36-38 110 A Pieter Teunissen Bontebotter Zwarte Arend 28 100 F Frederick Stellingwerff Zevenwolden 38 135 F Lieutenant Hasselgants Sara 24 85 Ha-Dir Ariaan Heeres Kleintje Sint Vincent 28 100 Vl-Dir Michiel De Ruyter Witte Lam 40 150 flag captain Gillis Janszoon Mi-Dir Markus Hartman Gekroonde Liefde 36 145 A-VOC Jacob Swart Gerechtigheid 45* 200* WIC? Captain Ezechiel Gecroende Haes ? ? A Jan Rootjes Raadhuis van Medemblik ? ? (or is it the Koning Radbout or Radbout van Medemblik of the Medemblick Directors, as Dr. Elias says) A Captain Dirick (Dircksz?) Zeepaardstoet van ? ? Enkhuizen N Reynst Cornelisz Zevenhuisen Mars 45* 200*I have made a few corrections to the information.
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Monday, May 08, 2006
Some interesting tidbits from Dr. Ballhausen about ships at the Battle of Scheveningen
While Dr. Ballhausen seems to have not used any archival documents, he did do a comprehensive review of the published literature, much of it quite obscure. He often makes assessments that I would not accept. I will list some interesting information about ships and captains from the list for Scheveningen (Katwijk-aan-Zee):