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Tuesday 28 April 2015

Dutch warship Zwarte Leeuw 1633-1634

Of the admiralty Maze, built by Boom and Lucas Jacobsz Rotgans at Amsterdam, Netherlands, bought after a lawsuit for ƒ 35.000 in 1633, still in service in 1634, with a measurement of 200-250 last. Experts declared the ship due to size and draught not capable for service on the narrow seas, in 1634 added to fleet of M.H. Tromp.