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Sunday, 14 June 2015

Dutch warship Huis te Zwieten, also called The Grote Genuees, 1653-1665

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, built by Samuel Sautijn for Genoa and requisitioned by the Dutch government in 1653, girdled 1654, handed over to Dutch East India Company in 1661, fitted out for naval dusties and captured by British in 1665, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 146 x 36 x 14, height verdeck 7½, an armament of 60-70 (1665: 4-24pd, 22-18pd, 6-12pd, 20-8pd, 14-4pd) guns and a crew numbering 100-300 men. Commanded in 1665 by captain Cartsen Crijnssen de Rechter.