Adm Ship Guns Crew Commander A-Dir Hollantsche Tuijn 32 116 Harman Walleman A-Dir Blaeuwen Arent 28 116 captain in detention, in poor condition A-Dir Gidion 34 130 Dirck Somer A-Dir Engel Michael 28 73 Frederick Bogaert, short of 37 men A-Dir Swarte Leeuw 30 74 Hendrick de Raedt, short of 36 men A-Dir Sint Pieter 28 81 Gerrit Schuijt, in poor condition, short of 29 men A-Dir Walvisch 29 62 captain absent, short of 48 men A-Dir Vergulde Valck 26 83 Cornelis Jansz Brouwer, short of 27 men
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Saturday, June 23, 2007
Some ships at Amsterdam on 12 September 1653
I received some photographs today with some interesting information about the ships in Witte de With's fleet on 12 September 1653. These are some of the ships lying at Amsterdam: