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Tuesday 20 December 2011

Ships of the Admiralty of Zealand with homeport Veere Jan March 1594

The account written by Pieter Reygersbergh responsible for the Dutch admiralty yard at Veere gave the following interesting information.
large ship Neptunus, built 1593 at Veere. Painter Simon Eijckens (?) of Middelburg was paid 37 pound large Flemish on behalf of his in- and outside painting, gilding of the pillars and so on.
pinnace Lupaert, built 1589 at Zierikzee, armed with 4 metal guns and 7 gotelingen, captain Jan Janss Knecht
4 large new vlieboten:
captain Pieter Franss, built at Veere summer 1592, armed with 2 metal guns and 4 gotelingen
captain Doen Thomass, built at Veere summer 1592, armed with 2 metal guns and 4 gotelingen
captain Cornelis Leniss, built at Veere summer 1592, armed with 2 metal guns and 14 (?) gotelingen
captain Cornelis Hermanss Calis, built at Veere summer 1593, armed with 4 metal guns and 4 gotelingen
cravel Sampson, captain Langen Gerridt, built at Veere 1586, armed with 4 metal guns and 10 gotelingen
cravel Salman, captain Jan Coopvaer, built at Veere 1590, armed with 6 metal guns and 6 gotelingen
a small yacht, captain Ducqdalve.

Source
Rekenkamer inv.no, C 36990 (Zeeuws Archief at Middelburg, Netherlands).