Saturday, April 14, 2007

Ships in Witte de With's fleet in 1645 that served in 1652

There are a few ships in Witte de With's fleet in 1645 which clearly served in the First Anglo-Dutch War, at least in 1652. There are several others that may have served:
Definitely served in 1652:

Adm   Ship                  Guns Crew Commander
R     Brederode             51   183  vice-admiraal Witte de With
A     Zutphen               32   100  kapitein Jan de Lapper
A     Bommel                30    80  kapitein Jan Uijttenhout
N     Wapen van Alkmaar     24    80  kapitein Jan Warnaertsz Capelman
N     Wapen van Hoorn       24    87  kapitein Claes Tesselaer
N     Kasteel van Medemblik 26    80  kapitein Gabriel Anthonisz

May have served in 1652:

Adm   Ship                  Guns Crew Commander
A     Goude Maen            34   100  schout-bij-nacht Johan van Galen
A     Goude Zon             33   100  commandeur Anthonis van Zalingen
A     Wapen van der Goes    32   101  commandeur Willem van Nijhoff
A-Dir Patientia             26    71  kapitein Cornelis Jansz Poort
A-Dir Gouden Leeuw          24    85  kapitein Adriaan Houttuijn
N     Sampson               28    92  kapitein Schellinkhout

Sources:
  1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
  2. G. W. Kernkamp, De Sleutels van de Sont, 1890

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