Thursday, March 29, 2007

Four unnamed Amsterdam Directors' ships

I have a photograph of this page, dating from about March 1653, that includes the dimensions and gun lists for four unnamed Amsterdam Directors' ships:
                                  Guns
The first:  Length  137 feet       20 of 12 lbs
             Beam   31 feet       12 of  6 lbs
             Hold   13-1/2 feet    2 of  3 lbs
           Height    7 feet       34 guns

The second: Length  125 feet       10 of 12 lbs
             Beam   29 feet        8 of  8 lbs
             Hold   12-3/4 feet    8 of  6 lbs
           Height    7 feet        2 of  3 lbs
                                  28 guns

The third:  Length  130 feet       10 of 12 lbs
             Beam   29 feet        8 of  8 lbs
             Hold   13-1/2 feet    8 of  6 lbs
           Height    6-3/4 feet    2 of  3 lbs
                                  28 guns

The fourth: Length  125 feet       10 of 12 lbs
             Beam   29 feet        8 of  8 lbs
             Hold   12-1/2 feet    8 of  6 lbs
           Height    7 feet        2 of  3 lbs
                                  28 guns

The first is easy. That is the ship the Moor, commanded by Adriaan van Ackersloot.
The second seems to be the ship the Moorin, commanded by Cornelis Jol.
the third ship appears to be the Hollandsche Tuin, commanded by Harman Walman.
The armament listed here was augmented by 4-18pdr guns.
The fourth might be the Walvisch, although the length is different from what I would expect.

Sources:
  1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Directors' Ship Information 1652-1653", 2004

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