Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Jacob Penssen's ship Gouden Leeuw

Ron van Maanen, in the "ZEELAND" document, has the details of Jacob Penssen's ship Goude Leeuw, a ship hired in 1652 by the Middelburg Directors:
The ship Gouden Leeuw, captain Jacob Penssen

Length from stem to sternpost: 124ft
Beam:                           28ft
Height between decks:            6-1/2ft

30 guns (11 February 1653):
4-24pdr, 4-12pdr, 14-8pdr, 6-6pdr, and 2-4pdr

Crew: 120 men

Sources:
  1. Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "ZEELAND", undated

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