Translate

Sunday 8 March 2015

Dutch warship Westfriesland 1648-1658

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, mentioned between 1648-1658, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 118 x 28 x 10½, height below hold 6½, an armament of 28 guns and a crew numbering 80-140 men. Avoided the fight at the battle off Ter Heide 10 August 1653, captain Hendrick Huyskes, called: incapable in 1654, in 1658 part of fleet to Denmark.