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Friday, 17 April 2015

Dutch 6th charter, also called bomb galliot, Wolf 1692-1719

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, built by Jan van Rheenen or Hendrik Cardinaal at the naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1692, stricken, sold for ƒ 1500 and broken up in 1719, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 115-125 (prow) x 32 x 13, an armament of 34-38 (16-8pd, 16-6pdr 6-3pd) guns and a crew numbering, 110-200 men. Commanding officer in May 1694 captain L. van Leyden van Leeuwen, part of squadron vice admiral G. Schey in fleet Ph. van Almonde destined for England, in 1696 part of North Sea squadron, commandeur Bremburg and in  1702 part of Dutch-British fleet, captain Van den Bosch.