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Saturday 9 May 2015

Dutch warship ship Gerechtigheid 1653

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, hired from the Dutch East Company chamber Amsterdam in 1653, wrecked on 10 November 1653, dimensions 136 x 30 x 13½, above 7,  feet, an armament of 32 (12 April“6-18pd, 14-12pd, 10-6pd, 2-2pd)-43 guns and a crew numbering 120-138 men. Fought at battle at Ter Heide, Netherlands on 10 August 1653 en arrived heavily damaged on 11 august off Texel, Netherlands after a short break at Scheveningen, Netherlands due to the damage, captain Evert Pieterss Swart. According to a list dated 1 October 1653 anchored off the Oude Slenck and departed the 2nd with Willem van Zaenen.