The ship Walvis Guns: 10-iron 12pdr 8-iron 8pdr 10-iron 6pdr 2-iron 3pdr 2400 lbs of gunpowder on board 65 12 lbs shot 80 8 pdr shot 98 6pdr shot
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
An inventory for the Amsterdam Directors' ship Walvis
One document that I received yesterday was an inventory of the Amsterdam Directors' ship Walvis (or Walvisch) dating from 19 June 1653. This was soon after the Battle of the Gabbard (or the Zeeslag bij Nieuwpoort), which was fought on 12 and 13 June. These are some interesting (to me) bits from the inventory:
Lotto System
