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Monday, August 21, 2006
A hired ship named Engel Gabriel
In the notes of S. Hart, from the Gemeentearchief Amsterdam, there is a ship mentioned named Engel Gabriel, with an inventory. The data I can read is as follows:
Length from stem to sternpost: 136ft
Beam: 29ft-6in
36 guns:
18-12pdr
2-8pdr
12-6pdr
4-4pdr
This is a ship hired in 1652, in Amsterdam. On what might be the second page, it is signed by Isaac Sweers on 12 August 1652.