Thursday, October 12, 2006

Vice-Admiral De With's squadron on 30 April 1653

Page 70 of the letters of Witte de With gives a listing of his squadron, as of 30 April 1653. This is somewhat different from that which raided Scarborough earlier in April. This is the list, suitably annotated: 
Adm     Ship                Guns  Crew    Commander
A       Leeuwarden          34      158   Witte de With
                                         Govert Reael, flag captain
Vl-Dir  Gekroonde Liede     36      142   commandeur De Ruyter
                                         Markus Hartman, flag captain
R       Utrecht             22       98   commandeur Leendert Haexwant
Z       Neptunus            28      114   Adriaan Jansz den Gloeyenden Oven
A       Omlandia            30      109   Maarten Schaeff
A       Graaf Willem        40      155   Capt. Verburgh
R       Overijssel          24       98   Dirck Vijgh
N       Prins Maurits       32       97   Capt. Taenman
Z       Amsterdam           30      120   Adriaan Kempen
F       Postpaert           30      106   Isaak Kodde
Z       Hollandia           38      127   Adriaan Bankert
Mi-Dir  Gouden Leeuw        30      110   Jacob Adriaansz Penssen
Ha-Dir  Sint Vincent        28      110   Ariaan Heeres Kleijntje
A-VOC   Gerechtigheid       34      105   Evert Pietersz Swart?
En-Dir  Vergulde Zon        28      115   Jacob Duijm
Sources:
  1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
  2. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van 20 juni 1653", 2006
  3. Witte de With, letters from 1653 to 1658, Archive E8811 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm
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