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Friday, 2 September 2016
Dutch 4th charter Lepelaar 1703-1734
Of the admiralty Maze, built by Pieter van Zwijndrecht the elder at naval yard at Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1703, rebuilt by Pieter van Swijndrecht in 1732, sold in 1734, dimensions 145-146 x 38-38¼ x 16-16¼ feet, an armament of 52-56 guns (list dated 1732: lying at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands lower deck 18pdrs, upper deck 8pdrs) guns and a crew numbering 280 men. Commanding officers 1704 (?) captain J. van Cooperen, voyage to North Sea, 1705-1706 captain B. van der Pott, voyage to North Sea and voyage Bergen, Norway, 1707 commandeur W.H. Sels, voyage to North Sea, 1709-1710 captain S. Forman, voyage to North Sea, 1711 captain N. van der Mast, voyage to North Sea and off Spitsbergen, 1725-1726 rear admiral J. van Koperen part of fleet vice-admiral F. van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk against Algerine privateers.