The ship Sint Pieter, kapitein Gerrit Schuyt Length: 123ft Beam: 28ft-7in Hold: 12-1/2ft Height: 6-1/2ft 28 guns: 10-12pdr, 8-8pdr, 8-6pdr, and 2-3pdr Crew: 110 men
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Friday, March 30, 2007
The Amsterdam Directors' ship Sint Pieter
The list of Amsterdam Directors' ships from March 1653 is significant in that it shows the details of the ship Sint Pieter, commanded through 1653 by Gerrit Schuyt. The page does not list his name, but from other sources, such as Witte de With's journal, we know that the Sint Pieter was Gerrit Schuyt's ship. He had previously commanded the called Rooseboom (28 guns) in this list. These are the details: