VOC Ships with the Dutch fleet in May 1653

There seem to have been six VOC ships with the Dutch fleet in May 1653:

Adm    Ship                 Guns  Crew  Captain
R-VOC  Wapen van Nassouw    32    124   Jan Arensz van der Werff
A-VOC  Huis van Nassau      34    112   Jan Pietersz van Srijp
A-VOC  Gerechtigheid        34    105   Evert Pietersz Swart
A-VOC  Mercurius            36    110   Pieter de Bitter
Ho-VOC Sint Willeboort      27    120   Erich Jacobszoon
Mi-VOC Swarte Bul           32    104   Willem Folckertszoon

I you rely upon the current published sources, you would not know this sort of information. Right now, the best information is in the various archives, including the Riksarkivet in Stockholm and the Nationaal Archief in The Hague. Sources:

1. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van 31 mei 1653", 2006
2. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm