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:
                      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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