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Monday, 5 September 2011

Dutch West Indiaman off the North and South coast of Africa 1720-1729 part I

Chamber Amsterdam
Leusden, 120 feet, 1720: 60 men.
Groot Bentvelt, 120 feet, built 1725, 80 men, 32 guns, 2 swivels, wrecked
's Gravelandt, captured from the Portuguese, 120 feet, 70 men
Acredam, 118 feet, built 1712, 64 men, 24 guns, wrecked
Sonnesteijn, 112 feet, 16 guns
Amsterdam, built 1721, 100 feet, 46 men, 24 guns
Vlissingen, 90 feet, 30 men, 18 guns
Guineese Galeij, 70-72 feet, 22 men, 8 guns
Johanna Catharina, captured by?
Beschutter, cruiser, dimensions 125 x 36 x 15
St. Lourens
Helena, small ship, captured from the British, 80 feet
Duijnvliet, transferred by chamber Zealand
Vrijheit, transferred by chamber Noorderkwartier, 'hekboot', 112 feet, 66 men, 20 guns

Chamber Zealand
Phoenix, built at Middelburg 1722, 123 feet, 90 men, 26 guns, 2 swivels
Rusthof, built at Middelburg 1721, 120 feet, 80 men, 24 guns, 2 swivels
Goude Put, built at Middelburg 1724, 110n feet, 73 men, 22 guns, 2 swivels
Brandenburgh, newly bought at Flushing 1726, 106 feet, 70 men, 26 guns
Den Jongen Daniël, pinnaceship. Built at Middelburg 1726, dimensions 96 (prow) x 26¾ (inner hull) x 10½, height between decks 4¾ , 30 men, 8 guns, 4 swivels
Duijnvliet, built at Middelburg 1720, 96 feet, 40 men, 6 guns, 56 swivels, transferred to chamber Amsterdam

Chamber Maze
Steenhuijsen, built 1723, 120 feet, 80 men, 30 guns
Delft, built 1723, 103 feet, 45 men, 20 guns
Piershill, prize, 18 men, 4 guns, 4 swivels
Jongen Alexander, built 1722 galliot, 70 feet, 4 swivels
Jongen Adriaan, served off the coast of Guinea
Scheveninge, pink, served off the coast of Guinea

Chamber Noorderkwartier
Bekesteijn, 118 feet, 63 men, 24 guns
Vrijheijdt, 112 feet, 66 guns, 20 men, transferred to chamber Amsterdam
Waartwijck, built 1721, 110-112 feet, 54 men, 20 guns
Geertruijt Galeij, 80 feet, 25 men, 16 guns
Jonge Jan Andries, galliot, served off the coast of Guinea

Chamber Stad en Lande
Stad en Lande, bought 1712, 112 feet?
Emmenes, 66 men
Sem Galeij, 42 men

Source
Collectie Radermacher 1601-1799 no. 576 (National Archive at The Hague).