The ship Hollandia, hired in 1642 Length from stem to sternpost: 122ft Beam: 28-1/2ft Hold: 11-1/4ft Height between decks: 6-1/2ft 28 guns: Lower tier: 2-bronze 12pdr, 14-iron 8pdr, 2-24pdr, 2-iron 12pdr Upper tier: 2-12pdr, 2-bronze 8pdr, 2-iron 3pdr
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Monday, February 19, 2007
A ship named Hollandia, hired in 1642
The ship Hollandia, hired by the Admiralty of Amsterdam, was one of the larger ships. Carl Stapel had sent me copies of pages with the data on these ships. These are the details for the Hollandia. This is one of the few ships that I know how the guns were arranged: