Adm Commander Ship Guns Crew Date Lost Captain A-Dir Abraham van Campen Arke Troijane 28 100 28 Feb 1653 killed R-Dir Jacob Cleijdijck Meerman 30 120 28 Feb 1653 saved A-Dir Sipke Fockes Groote Sint Lucas 28 ? 28 Mar 1653 killed A-Dir Stoffel Juriaenszoon Sint Francisco 28 105 2 Mar 1653 unknown En-Dir Gijsbert Malcontent some ship 28 110 2 Mar 1652 killed R-Dir Sijmon Cornelisz van der Meer Prins ? ? ? Jun 1652 saved A-Dir Cornelis Jansz Poort Kroon Imperiaal 34 125 28 Feb 1653 killed Mi-Dir Jan le Sage Vergulde Haan 30 105 1 Mar 1653 killed A-Dir Bruyn van Seelst Groote Liefde 38 135 1 Mar 1653 killed? Mi-Dir Bastiaan Tuyneman Sint Laurens 30 105 29 May 1652 captured A-Dir Nicolaes de With Prins Maurits 34 115 19 Nov 1652 unknownI had thought that Johannes Regermorter's ship was captured or sunk, but that is not the case. He was killed at Portland, however.
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Monday, June 26, 2006
The Directors ships that had been lost by March 1653
While De Jonge said that 8 Directors' ships had been lost by March 1653, the actual number was greater than that.