Saturday, February 10, 2007

Friesland ships on 6 May 1653

On 6 May 1653, according a Witte de With's letters (E8811), there were three Friesland ships with the fleet. Two were ships of the Admiralty of Friesland and one was a Harlingen Directors' ship:
Adm    Ship             Guns Crew Commander          Length Beam Hold Ht betw Decks
F      Postpaert        30   106  kapitein Kodde     118ft  28ft 11ft 7ft
F      Graef Willem     24    85  kapitein Koenders  129ft  28ft 12ft 6-1/2ft
Ha-Dir Sint Vincent     28   110  kapitein Kleijntje 113ft  26ft 12ft 6ft

Sources:
  1. David de Wildt, "Notitie van de Scheppen die tegen Wordich int lant sijn", 22 February 1652
  2. Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated, but circa 1992
  3. Witte de With, letters from 1653 to 1658, Archive E8811 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

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