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Wednesday 12 December 2018

Dutch Afrikaans Galei 1747-1748

Of the admiralty Zeeland, frigate, a so-called uitlegger, hired from Commercie te Middelburg, monthly rental price ƒ 1000, hired between 17 August 1747-1748, with an armament of 18-22 guns, 6 swivels and a crew numbering 75 men. Fitted out from Vlissingen, Netherlands, in 1747 commanded by commandeur Blonkebijlt, lying in the Biervlietse Gat.