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Tuesday 6 January 2015

Dutch 2nd charter Maas 1727/1728-1782

Of the admiralty Maze, built by Paulus van Zwyndregt (also claimed Pieter van Swijndrecht ) at naval yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1727/1728, memorandum dated 12 November 1731 from P. van Zwijndrecht reportes for ƒ 65.000 wood bought for building, reported as still not completed in 1733, reported to be rebuilt in 1734, sold in 1782, dimensions 160 x 43- 45 x 20, an armament of 74 guns 1732 lying at Hellevoetsluis, upper deck 12pd guns, lower deck 24 pd guns) and a crew numbering 460 men. Commanding officers: 21 April 1779-11 March 1780 captain J. Zeegers, 11 March 1780-December 1780 A.J. van Volbergen, on 21 February 1781 captain A.M. Brunet de Rochebrune and 1781-1782 S. Rauws.