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 KleijntjeIn 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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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?: