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Saturday 23 May 2015

Dutch 5th charter Argo 1771-1787

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, first frigate with one gundeck,on stocks by May at naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands 14 December 1771, launched 9 December 1772, sold >1785-1787<, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) dimensions 140’2’(keel)-149'8" (lower deck)-153'7" (on deck) x 40'4" (inner board) x 11'6" (‘in de pompzode’), height between decks 6, height below bak 6'2", height below half deck 6'7, an armament of 40-44 guns and a crew numbering 270-300 men. Commanding officers 1775-1776 rear admiral Andries Hartsinck, 1777 William May, 1777 J.H. Kinsbergen, voyage towards the Mediterranean in 1777-1780, 1780 E. Staaring, 1781 Jacob Pieter van Braam, 1782-1785 H. Reijntjes, voyage 1783-1785 voyage coast of Guinea and West Indies.