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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Dutch 7th-8th charter Spion 1735-1747

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, built by Charles Bentam at naval yard Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1735, due to a storm with hurricane force in het Vlie lost on 12 December 1747, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 100 4/11 x 26 2/11 x 8 5/11, draught (with 7 last ballast) 8-9 1/11 and armament of 12-24 guns. Commanding officers in 1736 Cornelis van Ormea, in 1739 Gerard van Geel, in 1741 Abraham Soet, in 1743 Simon Versteveren and in 1747 Jan Pieter Strijtens (?).