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Monday 16 January 2017

Dutch 3rd charter Leiden 1687-1712

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, built by Jan van Rheenen at naval yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1687, broken up and wreck sold for ƒ 1950 in 1712, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 145 (prow) x 37½ x 14-14½, an armament of 64 guns (24-18pd guns, 24-12pd guns, 16-6pd guns) and a crew numbering 365 men. In 1688 part of squadron commanded by lieutenant admiral C. Evertsen the Younger in fleet commanded by lieutenant admiral Arthur Herbert, flagship, 1690 captain A. Stelte and in 1691 Pieter Klaasz Dekker.