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Friday 22 May 2015

Dutch warship Vliegende Arend 1622-1632

Of the admiralty Maze, built in 1622, last mentioned in 1632, an armament of 20-24 guns (1628: 2-18pd (bronze chambered guns and in 1631: 2-18pd bronze chambered guns, 2-12pd bronze field guns, 2-8pd iron guns, 2-6pd iron guns, 4-5pd iron guns, 8-4pd iron guns), 2-12pd field guns, 2-8pd (iron), 10 swivels, 8 chambers), a crew numbering 75-115 (included 30 musketeers) men and a tonnage of 120 last. Blockaded in 1628 Flemish coast, captain Pieter Jansz Aersgat and in 1631 bush-convoyer, captain Leendert Adriaensz Haechswant.