Gun lists Adm Ship Guns Crew Date 36pr 24pr 18pr 15pr 12pr 8pr 6pr 5pr 4pr 3pr 2pr A Star 28 90 6 12 8 2 A Edam 28 90 6 14 8 A Campen 40 120 1652 4 16 2 18 A Gouda 28 90 4 12 10 2 A Westfriesland 28 90 4 16 6 2 A Aemelia 28 90 4 14 8 2 A Achilles 28 90 1630 4 12 8 2 Adm Ship Guns Crew Date 36pr 24pr 18pr 15pr 12pr 8pr 6pr 5pr 4pr 3pr 2pr R Brederode 54 245 1645 4 12 8 20 10 R Prinses Louise 36 162 1646 2 30 4 R Gorcum 30 120 1639 2 16 6 6 R Rotterdam 30 125 1639 2 18 8 2 R Dolfijn 32 100 1634 4 16 8 2 2 Z West Cappelle 28 100 1638 2-16pr 12 8 6
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Saturday, December 02, 2006
Dutch warship armaments in 1652
I have seen written in published sources that in 1652, most Dutch warships had a lower tier of 12pdr guns. Now that we have a good deal of information about Dutch ships for 1652 to 1654, we know that is not really accurate. Many of the big Amsterdam Directors' ships hired in 1652 and 1653 had many 12pdr guns in the lower tier, but most lacked a complete lower tier. Instead, they seem to have been a mix of 12pdr and 8pdr guns. Some of the larger ships had several 18pdr or 24pdr guns, as well. I have really good information about some of the regular warships employed by the Admiralties of Amsterdam , Rotterdam (the Maze), and Zeeland: