Tuesday, April 03, 2007

The West Cappelle listed in the Staet van Oorlog te Water for the year 1654 should have been the new ship

Since we know that the West Cappelle, built in 1638, was lost at the Battle of Scheveningen, the West Cappelle listed in the Staet van Oorlog te Water for the year 1654 should have been the new ship probably built in 1654. This West Cappelle was in service until 1667. While the original ship is usually listed as 112ft long, the new ship was smaller: 108ft x 26ft x 11ft x 6ft. They apparently loaded as many as 40 guns onto the new ship, which must have terribly overloaded it, unless they were quite small. This is based on the information in Ron van Maanen's "Zeeland" document (undated).

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