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Monday, 3 October 2016

Dutch 7th charter Valkenburg 1742-1795

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, built by Charles Bentham at naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1742, appointed in 1742, condemned between >1755-1795<, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 120 x 32 x 12, draught 6½-9½, and an armament of 20-22 guns. Commanding officers in 1743 Jan van der Weijen/Waayen, departed Texel in squadron commanded by H. Lijnslager for the Baltic Sea, August left Baltic and arrived same month at Texel, Netherlands, in 1744 part of squadron A.R. Vlacq to Morocco, in 1746 J.H. van Stokken and in 1753 Jan van Goor Hinlopen in the Mediterranean.