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Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Dutch warship Vliegende Draak 1626-1631

Of the admiralty Noorderkwartier, built in 1626, last mentioned in 1631, with an armament of 34 guns (1-8pd (bronze), 7-9pd (iron), 2-16 pd (iron chambered guns), 18-4pd gotelingen, 6 swivels), a crew numbering 90-95 men and a tonnage of 240 last. In 1628 serving as escort vessel in the Trend of France, captain Jacob Willemsz, in 1631 captain Maarten Gijsbertsz Croock.