Armaments of some of the hired Rotterdam ships in 1652

Some of the ships hired by Rotterdam in 1652 had very light armaments:

                    Crew             Guns carried
Adm Ship         Guns Sailors Soldiers 24pr 18pr 12pr 8pr 6pr 4pr 3pr 2pr
R   Roskam         26 80      20                  4    6  10   6
R   Gulden Beer    24 80      20                       6   8   4   6
R   Sphaera Mundi  28 80      20                  2    6   8   6   4   2
R   Hollandia      24 70      27                       4  10   8       2
R   Maria          24 89      25                       6   8       8   2?
R   Kalmar Sleutel 20 90                               4   6                                   6   4

Sources:

1. Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated, but circa 1992
2. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van Nederlandse schepen in maart 1653", 2006
3. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van de Maze in september 1652", 2006