Adm Ship Guns Crew Date St Note Commander Ship Fate Captain Note A Gelderland 28 100 1652 h 8/1652 Cornelis van Velsen at the Wielingen rendezvous 8/1652 Cornelis van Velsen De Ruyter's fleet 8/1652 Cornelis van Velsen Battle of Plymouth 12/1652 Cornelis van Velsen convoy towards Nantes 3/1653 Cornelis van Velsen The Three Days Battle 3/1653 Cornelis van Velsen Sailed from Amsterdam 4/1653 Cornelis van Velsen Lying in the Texel roads 6/1653 Cornelis van Velsen blown up killed Battle of the Gabbard
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The Gelderland was a ship built for the Admiralty of Amsterdam in 1639. Her dimensions were 116ft x 27.25ft x 10.33ft. She carried a nominal armament of 28 guns and had a crew of 100 men. This is a summary of her service in the First Anglo-Dutch War: