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Friday, 5 June 2015

Dutch warship Eendracht 1624-1632

Of the admiralty Maze, built in 1624, still mentioned in 1632, an armament of 42-48 (1628: 2-18pd (French kartouwen), 2-12pd field guns, 8 steenstukken/swivels, 18 chambers, 2-12pd (iron), 10-8pd (iron), 4-5pd (iron), 2-4pdr iron) guns, a crew numbering 85-115 (including 30 musketeers) men and a tonnage of 170 last. Commanding officer in 1628 captain Bartholomeus den Jongenboer, in 1631: cruising on North Sea, captain Jan Brustens,