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Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Dutch warship Sint Jacob 1613-1632

Of the admiralty Maze, built in 1613, last mentioned in 1632, an armament of 10 guns (1628: 2-6pd bronze draken, 4-4pd iron guns, 2 steenstukken/swivels, 8 chambers), a crew numbering 40-70 men and a tonnage of 40-70 last. Commanded in 1628 by captain Cornelis Maes, 40 last, 40 men, and acting as fishery patrol small fishery. In 1631: 70 last, 70 men, captain Gilles de Vries, fishery patrol small fishery, built 1613, and an armament of 2-6pd bronze draken, 4-4pd iron guns and 4 steenstukken/swivels. One source mentioned a boat Sint Jacob sold in 1628 and a Sint Jacob built in 1630 and in 1632 still in service and another in 1632 a yacht named Sint Jacob, admiralty Maze.