The ship Susanna, Capt. Pieter Jansz de Vries Length from stem to sternpost: 133ft Beam: 29-1/2ft Hold: unknown Height above hold: 6-1/4ft Guns: 4-12pdr 10-8pdr 6-6pdr 6-4pdr 2-3pdr 2-steenstukken Crew: 100 men
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Thursday, August 24, 2006
The hired ship Susanna
The ship Susanna was hired by the Admiralty of Amsterdam for service in the Mediterranean Sea in the First Anglo-Dutch War. I could not find the dimensions on the page from the papers of S. Hart from the Gemeentearchief, which does not mean that they are not there. What makes these documents hard to read, besides the sloppy writing, is that there is a lot of "bleed-through" from the other side of the page, as they were written with ink, used in liberal amounts. I had to consult one of the documents from Ron van Maanen that has the length, beam, and height above the hold. The captain and crew size are from the First Dutch War, Vol.IV. These are the details: