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Tuesday 28 February 2017

Dutch warship Kroon Imperiaal 1652-1653

Of the board Amsterdam, hired in 1652, sunk in the Three Days Battle against the British on 28 February 1653, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 130 x 30 x 12¼, height below orlopdeck 7 feet, an armament of 34-38 guns and a crew numbering 125 men. Captain Cornelis Jansz Poort in 1653.