Friday, September 15, 2006

The 17 ships that sailed to Zeeland after the Three Days' Battle

At the conclusion of the Three Days Battle (AKA The Battle of Portland), the 17 surviving Zeeland ships sailed together for home. I have left the Admiralty/Directors as given in Witte de With's journal:
Adm    Ship               Guns  Crew   Captain
Z      Hollandia          38    127    Vice-Admiral Jan Evertsen
                                      flag captain Adriaan Bankert
Z      Wapen van Zeeland  28    127    Commandeur Cornelis Evertsen de Oude
Z      Vlissingen         28     95    Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge
Z      West Cappelle      26    110    Claes Jansz Sanger
Z      Liefde             26*    86*   the ship of the late
                                         Joost Bankert de Jonge
Vl-Dir Haes               30    120    Bastiaan Semptsem
                                       (presumably the same as
                                          Centen, Senten or Sentsen)
Vl-Dir Dubbele Arend      30    100    Schipper Teunis Poort
Z-Dir  a ship             18     90    Lambert Bartelszoon
Mi-Dir Leeuwinne          30    120    Luitenant of Capt. Regermorter
Mi-Dir Gouden Leeuw       30    120    Jacob Adriaansz Pennse
Z-Dir  Gecroonde Liefde   23     93    Dingeman Cats
Z      Vlissingen*        34    134    Jan Pouwelszoon
Z      Zeeridder          28    114    Gilles Janszoon
Ve-Dir Wapen van der Vere 37    116    Jan Olivierszoon
Z      a ship             23    100    Jacob Wolferszoon
Z      Liefde*            30    120    schipper Johannes van Regermorter
                                         the ship of Cornelis Mangelaer
            
Sources:
  1. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.IV, 1910
  2. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2005
  3. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

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