Adm Captain Ship Guns Crew N Tijs Tijmensz Peereboom Peereboom 24 70 N Teunis Vechterszoon Scheletje 24 70 N Willem Ham Sampson 24 80Willem Ham's ship was taken by the English in the "Disaster" on 22 July 1652, when the fishery protection squadron ships were captured or sunk. Until at least after October, Teunis Vechterszoon's ship was part of Witte de With's squadron. Hendrik de Raedt's pamphlet says of the ship that it was "of Medemblick". Tijs Tijmensz Peereboom served at least until the summer of 1653.
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Friday, June 16, 2006
From the list of Convoy ships from 1652
In The First Dutch War, Vol.IV, there are three ships mentioned in a translated memorandum, listing convoy ships. The list very likely dates from sometime in 1652: