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Friday, 10 April 2015

Dutch warship Wapen van Zweden 1652 (-1653)

Of the admirality Zealand, hired for a monthly rental price 233 pond 6 schellingen 8 groten Flemish, owner Chrijstoffel Wouters, captain Jacob Sichels in 1652, paid off due to being useless thought still mentioned in 1653, dimensions 95 x 26½ x ?, height verdeck 6½ feet, an armament of 34 guns (iron: 8-8pd, 8-6pd, 6-4pd, bronze: 12-6pd) and a crew off 75-100 men (included 25 soldiers).