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Wednesday 4 March 2015

Dutch 4th charter Valkenburg 1725-1739

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, built by Gerbrand Slegt at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1725, sold for ƒ 2600to be broken up for parts in 1739, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 143 x 40 2/11 x 16½, draught 9½-13 1/8, an armament of 52 guns and a crew numbering 280 men. Commanding officer in 1730 Herman Fredrik van Wittenhoven.