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Thursday, 10 March 2016

Dutch warship Leiden 1628-1631

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, mentioned between 1628-1631, an armament of 20 guns (1-12pd (bronze, 4-12pd (bronze chambered guns), 3-12pd gotelingen, 12-8pd gotelingen), a crew numbering 105-110 men (included 30 musketeers) and a tonnage of 110 last. Commanding officers in 1628 captain Hendrick Cornelis de Nijs, served on Flemish coast and in 1631 cruising between the Maas and the Texel, captain Pieter Meeusse.