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Friday 22 May 2015

Dutch frigate Zwarte Arend, also called Arend 1628-1632

Of the admiralty Maze, called frigate and yacht, first mentioned (?) in 1628, sold in 1632, an armament of 34 guns (2-18-pd bronze chamber guns, 2-12pd bronze chamber guns, 2-6pdr iron guns, 4-5pd iron guns, 4-4pd iron guns, 6 swivels, 2 chambers), a crew numbering 50 men and a tonnage of 80(in 1631)-100 (in 1628) last. Served in 1631 off coast Flanders, captain Jan van Nes.