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Thursday 12 March 2020

Dutch warship Sint Pieter 1652-1654

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, hired merchant ship in 1652, paid off in 1654, an armament of 28 guns and a crew numbering 100 men. Part of squadron commandeur Adriaen Roothaes in Mediterranean, in July 1653 captured by British on voyage Venetia towards Amsterdam in July 1653, on 5 July recaptured by Tromp off Trapani, arrived on 16 July at Livorno, Italy, on 17 September left behind at Livorno due to condition hull, captain Pieter van Bree, on 19 February 1653 arrived at Livorno order from Admiralty Amsterdam (dated 30 January) to pay her off, end May 1654 confiscated by Tuscany an sold on public auction to compensate the in April by the Dutch warship Witte Oliphant destroyed British ship St. Joris.