Saturday, October 14, 2006

Amsterdam Directors' ships in Witte de With's fleet in September 1653

The list of ships and captains with Witte de With's fleet in September 1653 is quite informative. One of the groups of ships is that of the Amsterdam Directors:
Ship                  Guns Crew Captain
Moorinne              30   110  Cornelis Cornelisz Jol
Swarte Leeuw          30   123  Hendrick de Raedt (Aug 1653)
Hercules              27   104  Sijmon Veeneman
Engel Michiel         28    99  Dirck Bogart
Sint Pieter           28   110  Gerrit Schuyt (Aug 1653)
Moor                  36   140  Adriaan Cornelisz van Ackersloot
Coninck Davit         28   104  Dirck Hendricksz Vogelsanck (Vogelsang)
Walvis                32   118  luitenant-commandeur de Beringe (Aug 1653)
Sampson               28   100  Cornelis Cornelisz de Groot
Hollandsche Thuijn    36   140  Herman Walman (Aug 1653)
Ceurvorst van Ceulen  32   124  Sijmon Dootjes
Faam                  28   128  Jacob Swart
Gideon                34    95  Dirck Jansz Somer (May 1653)

Sources:
  1. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

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