Friday, July 14, 2006

This must be the armament for the Jozua in 1654

J. C. De Jonge, in an appendix to Vol.I of Geschiedenis van het Nederlandse Zeewezen, has armaments for the ships in the list for July 1654. This must be the armament for the Noorderkwartier ship Jozua, Pieter Florissen's flagship up until the Battle of the Sound in 1658:
Jozua (136ft x 34ft x 14ft)
Built at Hoorn in 1654

Crew:  about 200 sailors and 30 soldiers

50 guns

Lower Tier:
4-24pdr
18-18pdr

Upper Tier:
10-12pdr
10-8pdr

Superstructure:
4-6pdr
4-4pdr
Sources:
  1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2005
  2. H.A. van Foreest and R.E.J. Weber, De Vierdaagse Zeeslag 11-14 Juni 1666, 1984
  3. J. C. De Jonge, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen, Vol.I, 1858

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