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Monday, 14 September 2015

Dutch snow Mercurius or Vliegende Mercurius 1702-1708

Of the admiralty Maze, also called a bomb galliot, built at the navy yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands or bought in 1702, captured by French but recaptured in 1705, last mentioned 1708?, dimensions 78 x 21¾ x 10½ feet and an armament of 16 guns. Commanding officers in 1704, commander W.H. Sels, as the Vliegende Mercurius serving off coasts of Holland, Zealand and Flanders, in 1705 commandeur I. Hanedoes, voyage to coast of Holland and Zealand, the Hoofden and the Channel, in 1706 commandeur J.W. Hartley, voyage to North Sea, in 1707-1708 commandeur D.de Leeuw, voyage to North Sea and Thames and in 1708 commandeur N. Kievit, voyage to North Sea.