The Zevenwolden in 1653

Ron van Maanen has the dimensions for Frederick Stellingwerff's ship, the Zevenwolden (Sevenwolden): 122ft x 28-1/2ft x 11-1/4ft, with a height between decks of 7ft. According to Witte de With's journal, in July 1653, the Zevenwolden carried 34 guns and had a crew of 133 men. The Zevenwolden was sunk at the Battle of Scheveningen. Sources:

1. Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated, but circa 1992
2. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

The Zevenwolden in 1653

Ron van Maanen has the dimensions for Frederick Stellingwerff's ship, the Zevenwolden (Sevenwolden): 122ft x 28-1/2ft x 11-1/4ft, with a height between decks of 7ft. According to Witte de With's journal, in July 1653, the Zevenwolden carried 34 guns and had a crew of 133 men. The Zevenwolden was sunk at the Battle of Scheveningen. Sources:

1. Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated, but circa 1992
2. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

The Rotterdam ships that were part of the 36 ships of 1651

According to the list of 28 November 1652, Rotterdam supplied six ships that were funded as part of the 36 ships of 1651:

Adm Ship                Guns Commander
R   Brederode           54   luitenant-admiraal Tromp
R   Gelderlant          40   kapitein Michiel Fransz van den Berg
R   Princesse Louise    36   vice-admiraal Witte de With
R   Hollandt            30   kapitein Hendrick de Munnick
R   Prinses Roijalle    36   kapitein Joost van Coulster
R   Wapen van Rotterdam 26   kapitein Jacob van Boshuijsen

The Prinses Roijalle is also called, more properly, the Prinses Roijael Marie. Sources:

1. Lijst van schepen in dienst van de Staedt der Veernichde Nederlanden, 28 November 1652

Zeeland Directors' ships on 17 August 1653

Pagte 162 includes a list of Zeeland Directors' ships in service on 17 August 1653. I have inluded that ships which have captain, guns, and crew listed:

Adm     Ship                  Guns Crew Commander
Mi-Dir  Gouden Leeuw          34   125  kapitein Jacob Penssen
Z-Dir   nieuw Vlissingen      34    92  kapitein Jacob Wolphertszoon
Vl-Dir  Haes                  29   104  kapitein Bastiaen Centsen
Mi-Dir  Gecroonde Lieffde     40   150  kapitein Marcus Hartman
Mi-Dir  Leeuwinne             34   127  kapitein Adriaen Vermeulen
Z-Dir   Luipaard              37   134  kapitein Cornelis Tiebij
Ve-Dir  Wapen van der Vere    37   124  kapitein Jan Olivierszoon
Vl-Dir  Dubbele Arend         29   104  kapitein Teunis Post

Sources:

1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
2. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

Some of the more substantial ships in May 1653

Page 116 of Witte de With's letters is pretty interesting, as some quite substantial ships are listed. These are some of them, annotated by what I know to be the correct ship names:

Adm    Ship                   Guns Crew  Commander
A      Vrijheid               50   207   vice-admiraal Witte de With
                                         on the ship of 
                                         kapitein Abraham van der Hulst
A      Vrede                  44   192   commandeur Gideon de Wildt (or Wilde)
A      Leeuwarden             34   148   kapitein Govert Reael
A      Bommel                 34   110   kapitein Pieter van Braeckel
A      Zeelandia              34   130   kapitein Nicolaes Marrevelt
A      Campen                 40   158   kapitein Willem van der Zaan (Saen)
A-Dir  Grote Sint Matheeus    42   155   kapitein Cornelis Laureszoon
A-Dir  Davit en Goliat        34   125   kapitein Claes Bastiaensz van Jaersvelt

Page 117 continues the list and has the largest ship of the lot. Page 118 has several large ship, as well:

Adm    Ship                   Guns Crew  Commander
M      Brederode              56   268   the ship of lt-admiraal Tromp

R-Dir  Prins                  38   168   kapitein Jacob Cleijdijck
N      Stad Monnikendam       36   178   schout-bij-nacht Pieter Floriszoon

The large and small ships named Sint Matheeus

There were two ships hired by the Amsterdam Directors named Sint Matheeus. The smaller one, had been hired in early 1652, and was originally commanded by Cornelis Naeuoogh. This Sint Matheeus carried 34 guns and had a crew of about 125 men. This ship's dimensions were 140ft x 34ft x 15ft, with a height between decks of 7-1/3ft. The ship carried 4-brass 24pdr, 14-12pdr, 10-8pdr, 4-6pdr, and 2-3pdr guns. The larger ship must have been hired in 1653. The larger ship was commanded by Cornelis Laurenszoon and had dimensions of 144ft x 36ft. The larger ship was taken by the English at the Battle of the Gabbard. Witte de With said that the larger ship carried 42 guns and had a crew of 155 men, in his journal. Sources:

1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Directors' Ship Information 1652-1653", 2004
2. H.A. van Foreest and R.E.J. Weber, De Vierdaagse Zeeslag 11-14 Juni 1666, 1984
3. Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "ZEELAND", undated
4. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

Ships mentioned on 29 April 1653 in Witte de With's journal

On page 99 of Witte de With's journal, for the date 29 April 1653, he mentions some ships:

                                                           Weeks of Weeks of
Adm    Ship             Guns Crew Commander                Victuals Water
Vl-Dir Haes             30   120  Bastiaen Centsen             4    16
Z      West Cappelle    28    95  Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge   2.5   6
Z      Eendracht        18    90  Lambert Bartelsz             3    13
Z      Haes             20    90  Jan van Hoesen               3    13
Mi-Dir Gecroonde Liefde 36   142  commandeur Michiel de Ruyter 6    16
                                  vlag-kapitein Markus Hartman

Sources:

1. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Middelburg dir Gekroonde Liefde", 2006
2. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van 20 juni 1653", 2006
3. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

Witte de With's squadron on 4 August 1652

This is based on the latest sources and is my annotated list of Witte de With's squadron on 4 August 1652, from Hendrick de Raedt's pamphlet. This is probably not news to anyone, but as I am publishing the latest version of the list, I wanted to put this out, again. There are just some minor adjustments that I added recently:

The Squadron of Vice-Admiral de With

Ships of Rotterdam

Rank            Name                          Adm/Dir  guns crew Ship               
Vice-Admiraal   Witte Cornelisz de With       R        36   162  Prinses Louise     
kapitein        Jan de Haes                   R        24   100  Gulden Beer        
kapitein        Hendrik Ernestus de Bertrij   R        24    97  Hollandia          


Ships of Amsterdam

Rank            Name                          Adm/Dir  guns crew Ship                Sources
commandeur      Augustijn Balck               A        46   150  Vrijheid           
kapitein        Jan Jansz Boermans            A        28   100  Prins Willem       
kapitein        Albert de Graeff              A        32   110  Hollandia          
kapitein        Gillis Thyssen Campen         A        24    80  Goude Leeuw        
kapitein        Barent Cramer                 A        28   100  Edam               

Ships of Zeeland

Rank            Name                          Adm/Dir  guns crew Ship                Sources
kapitein        Pieter Gorkum                 Z        24    85  Sandenburgh        

Ships of Medemblik

Rank            Name                          Adm/Dir  guns crew Ship                Sources
kapitein        Teunis Vechterszoon           NQ       24    80  Vergulde Schel     

Sources:

1. Hendrik de Raedt, Lyste van de schepen van Oorloge onder het beleyt Admirael Marten Harpersz. Tromp, 1652
2. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van Nederlandse schepen in maart 1653", 2006
3. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van de Maze in september 1652", 2006
4. list of Admiralty of Amsterdam hired ships from 1652 from the Wrangell Collection, 1652

The Onstelde-Zee seems to be the source of "Prins te Paard" in the Van de Velde paintings book

Michael Robinson, in his Van de Velde paintings book had called Corstiaen Corstiaenszoon's ship Prins te Paard, and attributed that to Dr. Ballhausen, as I recall. The page in the Onstelde-Zee book from 1654 that I mentioned seems to be about that same ship, which it describes in the old Dutch equivalent of Prins Willem te Paard (Prince William on Horseback). The Prins Willem referred to in this case would seem to be Prins Willem II, husband of Mary Stuart, sister of Charles II and James II. Willem II and Mary were the parents of the "the young prince" Willem III, future husband of James's daughter Mary. Without having access to a good reproduction of the entire drawing of the battle thought to be Dungeness, we really can't be sure what annotation there might be about that ship. I had tentatively accepted the Prins te Paard name, but was somewhat skeptical about it. Witte de With's journal definitely calls that ship simply the Prins, not Prins te Paard. Other documents from 1652 and 1653 also seem to just call the ship Prins. That does not mean that the ship's "real name" might not have been Prins te Paard, or even Prins Willem te Paard, but simply that the usual usage was just "Prins". Sources:

1. Dr. Carl Ballhausen, Der Erste Englisch-Hoellandische Seekrieg 1652-1654, 1923
2. Johan E. Elias, Schetsen uit de geschiedenis van ons zeewezen, Vol.V
3. Jodocus Hondius, Onstelde-Zee, Oft Zee-Daden, 1654
4. Michael S. Robinson, Van de Velde Paintings, Vol.I, 1990
5. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

I now can make sense of the Onstelde-Zee

Given the new information from the last few months, what is written in the Onstelde-Zee (1654) about the Three Days Battle (or Battle of Portland) makes much more sense. On page 80, after talking about the sinking of Cornelis Jansz Poort's ship Kroon (Kroon Imperiael) and Isaac Sweer's ship Engel Gabriel, captains Kleydijk and Regermorter are mentioned. The information is now obviously pretty accurate. Jacob Kleijdijk commanded the Rotterdam Directors' ship Meerman (30 guns) in the battle and Johannes van Regermorter commanded the Middelburg Directors' ship Leeuwinne (30 guns). Captain Kleijdijk's ship was sunk and Captain Regermorter saved some of the crew. The ship seems to be called Leeuwen on this page. Page 80 also mentions that Captain van den Kerckhoff's (or Kerckhoven) had 7 men dead and had taken six shot underwater, so that his ship had 5 feet of water in the hold.

On page 82, a ship is mentioned called the Prins Willem te Paard (called Prins Willem te Peert) referred to the Prins, commanded by Corstiaen Corstiaensz de Munnick, a Rotterdam Directors' ship. The sunk Meerman is described as having 4 brass guns and 24 iron guns (not accurate, but apparently based on having 4-24pdr and 28 smaller). The Leeuwinne is called Leeuwin (the modern spelling, except mangled as Leewin or Leewwin) on the bottom of page 82. The ship is correctly identified as the one that rescued men from Captain Kleijdijk's crew.

On page 83, at the top, the Poort van Troijen is mentioned as having been sunk. I would guess that this referred to Abraham van Campen's ship Arke Troijane, sunk in the battle and the captain killed. On mid-page, the ship Burght is mentioned as having mastered an English ship. I would now guess that this referrs to the Burgh (or Nassouw van den Burgh) commanded by Hendrick Adriaansz Glas. At least one source other than the Onstelde-Zee refers to this ship as the Burcht.

I think that I had misunderstood the Onstelde-Zee, before I had learned more about the ships and captains.

Sources:

1. Jodocus Hondius, Onstelde-Zee, Oft Zee-Daden, 1654
2. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Directieschepen van de Maze d.d. 6 maart 1653", 2006
3. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van Nederlandse schepen in maart 1653", 2006
4. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

Is someone looking to make a "pre-emptive strike" publication about the First Anglo-Dutch War?

In November, we saw evidence that someone is researching Witte de With in the archives. Now, there is evidence that the research is also covering the First Anglo-Dutch War and Michiel Adriaansz De Ruyter. The possible explanation is that 2007 is an anniversary year for De Ruyter (1607/2007). I speculated that one scenario is that someone is doing a crash research project that covers the First Anglo-Dutch War, with aim of publishing before anyone else can complete their research. I can imagine that Dr. Ballhausen's book was done in a rather "crash" way. He certainly used many obscure published sources, but seems to have ignored the archives for some reason. In this case, if someone had some clues about where to look, and was able to devote his full time to the project, perhaps with help, he could make some rapid progress. I am used to seeing a more leisurely pace of research. That is apparently Frank Fox's modus operandi. In my case, the pace has been greatly influenced by the availability of sources. I have tended to move in spurts, as I discovered new sources. I can imagine, though, that the published sources, such as Dr. Elias's books De Vlootbouw in Nederland and Schetsen uit de geschiedenis van ons zeewezen, along with the Navy Records Society publication The First Dutch War, might be sufficient for them to learn rapidly enough to proceed quickly. The contemporary published sources, such as the Onstelde-Zee and the Hollandsche Mercurius would also be helpful.

The Friesland ship Postpaert (Postpaard)

The ship Postpaert (Postpaard) was hired at Amsterdam by the Admiralty of Friesland on 24 September 1652. Isaac Codde commanded the Postpaert through the Battle of Scheveningen. The ship is not mentioned from shortly after the battle. The Postpaert haed 7 dead and 16 wounded in that battle. Carl Stapel has all the good information about the ship, which is mentioned in The First Dutch War, without mention of guns or crew. Thse are the details:

The ship Postpaert, kapitein Isaac Codde (or Kodde)

Dimensions: 118ft x 28ft x 13ft  Height between decks: 7ft

Guns (17 April 1653): (all iron) 10-12pdr, 8-8pdr, 10-6pdr, and 2-2pdr

Crew: 3 April 1653: 120 men
      1 May 1653:   106 men

Sources:

1. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Postpaard 1653", 2006
2. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

An annotated list from May 1653

One list from Witte de With's journal from May 1653 actually has the names of most of the ships, along with the gun and crew numbers. I have completed the list from other sources:

Adm    Ship                  Guns Crew  Commander
N      Stad Monnikendam      36   178   Schout-bij-Nacht Pieter Floriszoon
N      Hoorn                 30    95   kapitein Claes Aldertszoon
A-Dir  Sampson               30   112   luitenant-commandeur Jacob Albertsz Pool
A      Amsterdam             30   120   kapitein Pouwels Egbertsz Sonck
A-Dir  Moorinne              28   107   kapitein Cornelis Cornelisz Jol
A-Dir  Elias                 34   107   kapitein Frans Fransz Sluijter
A-Dir  Gideon                34    95   kapitein Dirck Jansz Somer
A-Dir  Nassouw van den Burgh 34   119   kapitein Hendrick Glas
N      Peereboom             24    86   kapitein Tijs Tijmensz Peereboom
A-Dir  Gulden Pelicaen       30   120   kapitein Bartimeus Soudaen
N      Profeet Samuel        30   ?     kapitein Reijnst Cornelisz Sevenhuijsen
Mo-Dir Zwarte Beer           32   104   kapitein Jan Olij
F      Stad en Ommelanden    28   110   kapitein Joost Bulter
A      Jonas                 26   110   kapitein Joris Collerij
A-Dir  Walvisch              30   104   kapitein Abraham Verleth

Sources:

1. Ron van Maanen, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Warships 1600-1800", undated, but circa 1992
2. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van 31 mei 1653", 2006
3. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

Some ships from the 8 July 1653 list on page 150 of Witte de With's journal

On the next page, the ships are generally not from Amsterdam, but on page 150 they all seem to be. This is the list that I have tried to annotate. The list only has captains, crew, soldiers, and guns,along with weeks of victuals and water:

Adm   Ship        Guns Sailors Soldiers Commander                     Victuals Water
A     Hollandia     30   110      32    kapitein Evert Anthonisz         17        7
A     Bommel        34   101       9    kapitein Pieter van Braeckel     21        7
A     Morgenstar    26    58      42    kapitein Albert Claesz de Graeff 17       11
A     Overijssel    30   114            kapitein Jan van Campen           7        7
A     Groningen     40   135      25    kapitein Gillis Thijsz Campen    17        7
A     Gulden Reael  30   114            kapitein Adriaen van Loenen      13       13
A     Windhond      18    77       8    kapitein Dirck Pietersz Heertjes  8        8
A     Brak          18    73      12    kapitein Jan Admirael             6        6
A     Pelicaen      24   110            kapitein Jan Overcamp            17        9
                    34   116      24    lt-commandeur deluige?           17        6
A-Dir Engel Gabriel 28   110            kapitein Adriaen van den Bos     17       17

The one unknown is the second to last ship. Sources:

1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
2. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

Captains attending Witte de With's council of war on 25 October 1653

On page 118 of The First Dutch War, Vol.VI, there is a list of the captains, and others, attending the council of war on board Witte de With's flagship Huis te Zwieten on 25 October 1653:

Witte Cornelisz de With
Gerrard Demmer
Jacob Junius
Adriaen Nicolaesz Kempen
Pieter van Brakel
Jan Gideonsz Verburgh
Jacob Cleijdijch
Jan Wagenaar
Michiel Adriaansz de Ruijter
Pieter Florisz
Frans Crynsz Mangelaer
Pieter Marcusz
Willem van der Saen
Abraham van der Hulst
J. van der Werff (Jan Adriaansz van der Werff)
E. Meessen (Egbert Meeuwssen Kortenaer)
Jacob Cornelisz Swart

Zeeland Directors' ships in Witte de With's fleet in September 1653

Page 175 from Witte de With's journal for 11 September 1653 gives the list of Zeeland Directors' ships with his fleet:

Adm    Ship             Guns Crew Commander
Z-Dir  Gouden Leeuw     34   126  kapitein Pensen
Z-Dir  Haes             30   110  kapitein Bastiaan Sentsen (Sempsem)
Z-Dir  Luipaart         37   130  kapitein Cornelis Tiebij
Z-Dir  Gecroende Liefde 34   128  kapitein Marcus Hartman
Z-Dir  nieuw Vlissengen 39   145  kapitein Jacob Wolphertszoon
Z-Dir  Leeuwinne        34   110  kapitein Vermeulen
Z-Dir  Dubbele Arent    28   108  kapitein Teunis Poort

Sources:

1. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

Amsterdam Directors' ships with the fleet in May 1653

I should be able to "make news" with the list of Amsterdam Directors' ships with the Dutch fleet in May 1653. The list in Witte de With's journal for May 1653 only has captains, guns, and crew, and no ship names, except perhaps in one case:

Adm   Ship                        Guns  Crew   Commander
A-Dir Sint Matheeus               42    155    Cornelis Lourensz
A-Dir Faam                        28    108    Jacob Swart
A-Dir Rooseboom                   30    107    Bartholomeus van Rietbeeck
A-Dir Blauwe Arent                28    110    Hendrick Claesz van Streeck
A-Dir Gulden Valck                28    111    Cornelis Jansz Brouwer
A-Dir Davit en Goliat             34    125    Claes Bastiaansz van Jaersvelt
A-Dir Sampson                     28    110    Cornelis Cornelisz de Groot
A-Dir Engel Michiel               28    110    Frederick Bogart
A-Dir Sint Pieter                 28    109    Gerrit Schuijt
A-Dir Catarina                    28    110    Jan Jacobsz Kop
A-Dir Moorinne                    28    107    Cornelis Cornelisz Jol
A-Dir Elias                       34    107    Frans Fransz Sluijter
A-Dir Gideon                      34     95    Dirck Jansz Somer
A-Dir Nassouw van den Burgh       34    119    Hendrick Adriaansz Glas
A-Dir Gulden Pelicaen             30    120    Barend Tijmensz Soudaen
A-Dir Moor                        34    116    Adriaan Cornelisz van Ackersloot

Sources:

1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Directors' Ship Information 1652-1653", 2004
2. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
3. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Lijst van schepen van 31 mei 1653", 2006
4. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

My one project for Saturday was a list of Witte de With's fleet in April 1653

While the main fleet was disbanded and ships were repairing after the Three Days Battle, Witte de With assembled a small fleet, little more than a large squadron, and conducted operations. One of those operations was the raid on Scarborough, with 18 ships. My project for Saturday was to annotate a list of Witte de With's fleet in April 1653. I had at least one error that Carl Stapel corrected for me. I had thought that the ship commanded by luitenant-commandeur Pieter Jacobsz might have been the Gelderland, but he supplied the correct information. Pieter Jacobsz was Jan de Haes's luitenant, and the ship was the Beer:

Witte de With's fleet in April 1653

Van Squadron

Adm    Ship          Guns Crew Commander
A      Phesant       32   110  vice-commandeur de Lapper
A      Dolfijn       30   110  kapitein Schatter
A-Dir  Valck         28   111  kapitein Brouwer
R      Beer          23    94  lt-commandeur Pieter Jacobsz
A-Dir  Sampson       28   110  kapitein de Groot
N      Prins Maurits 32    97  kapitein Taenman
Z      Amsterdam     32   116  kapitein Kempen
A      Westfriesland 28   110  kapitein Huijskens
F      Postpaert     30   106  kapitein Kodde

Center Squadron

Adm    Ship              Guns Crew Commander
A      Leeuwarden        34   158  vice-admiraal de With
                              vlag-kapitein Reael
A      Graaf Willem      40   155  kapitein Verburgh
R      Overijssel        24    98  kapitein Vijgh
A      Omlandia          32   109  kapitein Schaeff
A      Prins Willem      30   106  kapitein Boermans
A-Dir  David en Goliat   34   125  kapitein Jaersvelt
A      Leiden            30   107  kapitein Kroeger
A      Bommel            34   110  kapitein Braeckel
R-VOC  Wapen van Nassouw 32   124  kapitein van der Werff
A      Zutphen           26   120  kapitein Hillebrandt Jeroensz
Ha-Dir Sint Vincent      28   110  kapitein Kleijntje
A-VOC  Gerechtigheid     34   105  kapitein Evert Swart
Z      Goes              26    97  kapitein Kuijper

Rear Squadron

Adm    Ship            Guns Crew Commander
R      Utrecht         22    98  commandeur Haexwant
A-Dir  Sint Pieter     28   109  kapitein Schuijt
A-Dir  Engel Michiel   28   110  kapitein Bogart
A-Dir  Blauwe Arend    28   110  lt-commandeur Hendrick Heij
                            (kapitein Dirck Pater's luitenant)
A-VOC  Huis van Nassau 34   112  kapitein van Strijp
Z      Sandenburgh     24   100  kapitein Gorckum's luitenant
*                      30   120  lt-commandeur Bontecoe
En-Dir Vergulde Zon    28   115  kapitein Jacob Duijm
A-VOC  Mercurius       36   110  kapitein Bitter
A-Dir  Catarina        28   110  kapitein Kop

Sources:

1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
2. Johan E. Elias, Schetsen uit de geschiedenis van ons zeewezen, Vol.VI, 1930
3. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

Noorderkwartier ships with the fleet on 17 August 1653

On 17 August 1653, a week after the Battle of Scheveningen, there were quite a few Noorderkwartier ships with the fleet:

Adm Ship                  Guns  Crew  Commander
N   Monnikendam           34    146   commandeur Pieter Florisz
N   Harder van Enkhuizen  34    146   kapitein Jan Backer
N   Schel                 24    110   kapitein Claes Cornelisz Hon (or Hen)
N   Eenhoorn              32    155   kapitein Jan Heck
N   Enkhuizen             32    122   kapitein Gerrit Femssen
N   Peereboom             24     87   kapitein Thijs Thijmensz Peereboom
N   Tobias                30    119   kapitein Jan Ham
N   Wapen van Monnikendam 28    127   kapitein Arent Dircksz
N   Lastdrager            32    110   kapitein Gerrit Munt
N   Kasteel van Medemblik 28    126   kapitein Arent Dircksz Houttuijn
N   Hoorn                 30    113   kapitein Claes Aldertsz

Sources:

1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2006
2. Carl Stapel, unpublished manuscript "Schepen van oorlog in de Wielingen juni 1653", 2006
3. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm

Lieutenants who commanded in 1653

Of the list of lieutenants, these are ones who commanded Amsterdam Directors' ships in 1653:

Adm    Ship          Guns Crew Commander
A-Dir  Moorin                  Cornelis Cornelisz Jol
A-Dir  Koning David            Dirck Hendricksz Vogelsang
A-Dir  Gideon                  Ulrich Claesz de Jager
A-Dir  Gideon                  Dirck Jansz Somer
A-Dir  Rozeboom                Bartholomeus Rietbeeck

Sources:

1. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Directors Ship Information", 2004
2. Witte de With, journals from 1652 to 1658, Archive E8812 from the Riksarkivet, Stockholm