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Thursday 4 February 2016

Dutch 3rd charter Amsterdam 1763-1795

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, on stocks at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1763, launched in 1764, suitable to serve as guard ship and further repairs not worth in 1786, sold for ƒ 3.750 to be broken up in 1795, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 167½-170 (lower deck) x 45 8/11 x 20½, an armament of 60-68 guns and a crew numbering 450 men. Commanding officers 1777-1780 rear admiral P.H. Reynst, 1780 Graaf van Byland and 1782-1784 captain A. Braak or vice admiral L. Graaf van Bylandt. In 1782 flagshipo of Graaf van Bylandt so probably Braak was her captain.