Saturday, April 21, 2007

So what were the 32 24-to-28 gun Directors' ships in service in March 1653

De Jonge, in Appendix XXII of Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen, says that there were 32 Directors' ships in service in March 1653 with 24 to 28 guns. I suspect that the list includes ships with up to 32 guns, as well. So can we name them?:
No.  Adm   Ship                   Guns Crew Commander
 1   A-Dir Valck                  28   111  Cornelis Jansz Brouwer
 2   A-Dir Samson                 28   110  Cornelis Cornelisz de Groot
 3   A-Dir Engel Michiel          28   110  Fredrick Bogaert
 4   A-Dir Sint Pieter            28   109  Gerrit Schuijt
 5   A-Dir Blauwen Arent          28   110  Hendrick Claesz van Streeck
 6   A-Dir Catharina              28   110  Jan Jacobsz Kop
 7   A-Dir Walvis                 30   104  Abraham Verleth
 8   A-Dir Moorin                 28   107  Cornelis Cornelisz Jol
 9   A-Dir Swarte Leeuw           28   110  Hendrick de Raedt
10   A-Dir Faem                   28   108  Jacob Swart
11   A-Dir Rooseboom              30   107  Bartholomeus Rietbeeck
12   A-Dir Gulden Pelicaen        30   120  Barent Tijmensz Soudaen
13   R-Dir Hollandia              26    95  Ruth Jacobsz Buijs
14   R-Dir Roscam                 24    95  Corstiaen Eldertszoon
15   R-Dir Sint Pieter            28   110  Sijmon Cornelisz van der Meer

16   En-Dir Vergulde Sonne        28   115  Jacob Claesz Duijm
17   Ed-Dir Vergulde Halve Maen   30   107  Hendrick Pieterszoon
18   Mo-Dir Swarte Beer           32   104  Jan Olij

19   Vl-Dir Haes                  30   120  Bastiaen Centsen
20   Vl-Dir Arent                 30   100  Teunis Post
21   Mi-Dir Gouden Leeuw          30   120  Jacob Pensen

22   Ha-Dir Sint Vincent          28   110  Adriaen Heeres Kleijntje

In mid-March 1653, it is not obvious to me what the other 10 ships are. Perhaps some of the ships that came into service in April were counted.

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