Tuesday, September 05, 2006

The VOC ship Breda in the First Anglo-Dutch War

Ron van Maanen has the details about the VOC ship Breda that apparently served in the summer of 1653. The ship was hired by the Admiralty of Amsterdam, and was from Hoorn, according to Ron's notes. These are the details:
The ship Breda

Length from stem to sternpost: 170ft
Beam:                           38ft
Hold:                           21ft
Height over hold:                7ft

32 guns: (30 July 1653)
 4-18pdr
18-12pdr
10-6pdr

Crew: 196 to 296 men
Sources:
  1. Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated but circa 1992

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