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Tuesday 28 April 2020

Dutch warship Star 1653

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, hired merchant ship in 1653, due to bad weather in the stern heavily damaged and sunk, 27 survivors among which captain Hendrick Govertsz., an armament of 28 guns and a crew numbering 100 men. Part of squadron in the Mediterranean commanded by commandeur Adriaen Roothaes.