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Thursday 31 December 2015

Dutch 5th charter Beschermer 1735-1754

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, built by Charles Bentham at naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1735, broken up in 1754, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 139 (lower deck) x 38 4/11 x 16 8/11, draught 7 8/11-10 10/11, an armament of 44-48 guns and a crew numbering 220-225 men. Commanding officers in 1736 Jan Jacob Pieterson, in 1738 Ernst de Peterse, in 1739 Simon Versteveren and in 1745 Baschman Wuitjes.