Dutch 5th charter Meervliet 1724-1750

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, built by Gerbrand Slegt at naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1724, broken up in 1750, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 135 (prow) x 38½ x 15 4/11-15 9/11, draught 10-12, an armament of 44-46 guns and a crew numbering 220 men. Commanding officers in 1725 captain Harmen Frederik. baron van Wittenhorst, severely wounded after a fight on 29 April with Alger privateer Witte Leeuw, temporarily April-My 1725 H.J. Boudaan, 1725-1726 captain H.F. baron van Wittenhorst, on 16 april forced the Alger privateer Gouden Zon (50 guns) on shore off Tanger, on 20 april Gouden Zon lost on riffs, on 28 April chased without succes the Alger privateer Gele Roos. In May was the Algeriran privateer Witte Paard (50 guns) off Arzila heavily damaged and crashed on the coast, in 1728 Jan van der Waijen Jacobsz and in 1730 Rudolph Bernan Volker graaf van Rechteren.