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Tuesday 24 March 2015

Dutch 7th charter Welvaren van het land 1747-1775

Of the admiralty Maze, built by Paulus van Zwijndrecht at naval yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1747, broken up in 1775, dimensions 120 x 33 x 13 feet and an armament of 20-24 guns (1756 24-8pd, 16-1pd swivels). commanding officers 1759-1760 captain P. van Hoogwerff, as convoyer to Cape de la Hogue, 1760-1761 captain Andries de Bruijn, voyages to North Sea and Mediterranean, 1762-1763 captain J.J. van Hoeij, voyage to Mediterranean and Algeria, 1765-1766 captain G.C. de Prato, voyage to Cadiz, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal and cruiser for homeward bound E.I.C. fleet, 1769-1770 voyage to Tripoli. Letter dated 20 January 1749: fitting out excluding guns and anchors costs ƒ 60.305:04:00. Admiralty minutes dated 11 May 1756: armament 24 iron 8pdr and 16-1pdr swivels.