I should be able to "make news" with the list of Amsterdam Directors' ships with the Dutch fleet in May 1653. The list in Witte de With's journal for May 1653 only has captains, guns, and crew, and no ship names, except perhaps in one case:
Adm Ship Guns Crew Commander
A-Dir Sint Matheeus 42 155 Cornelis Lourensz
A-Dir Faam 28 108 Jacob Swart
A-Dir Rooseboom 30 107 Bartholomeus van Rietbeeck
A-Dir Blauwe Arent 28 110 Hendrick Claesz van Streeck
A-Dir Gulden Valck 28 111 Cornelis Jansz Brouwer
A-Dir Davit en Goliat 34 125 Claes Bastiaansz van Jaersvelt
A-Dir Sampson 28 110 Cornelis Cornelisz de Groot
A-Dir Engel Michiel 28 110 Frederick Bogart
A-Dir Sint Pieter 28 109 Gerrit Schuijt
A-Dir Catarina 28 110 Jan Jacobsz Kop
A-Dir Moorinne 28 107 Cornelis Cornelisz Jol
A-Dir Elias 34 107 Frans Fransz Sluijter
A-Dir Gideon 34 95 Dirck Jansz Somer
A-Dir Nassouw van den Burgh 34 119 Hendrick Adriaansz Glas
A-Dir Gulden Pelicaen 30 120 Barend Tijmensz Soudaen
A-Dir Moor 34 116 Adriaan Cornelisz van Ackersloot
Sources:
- James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Directors' Ship Information 1652-1653", 2004
- James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
- Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van 31 mei 1653", 2006
- Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm