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Admiralty of Amsterdam Ships on 5 August, 1652

The following captains and ships were in the service of the Admiralty of Amsterdam on 5 August 1652:

Key: A=Admiralty of Amsterdam, A-Dir=Amsterdam Directors, Ed-Dir=Edam Directors, En-Dir=Enkhuizen Directors, F=Admiralty of Friesland, HA-Dir=Harlingen Directors, Ho-Dir=Hoorn Directors, Mi-Dir=Middelburg Directors, Mo-Dir=Monnikendam Directors, NQ=Noorderkwartier (Noorder-Quartier), R=Admiralty of the Maze (or Rotterdam), R-Dir=Rotterdam Directors (includes Delfshaven), Ve-Dir=Veere Directors, Vli-Dir=Vlissingen Directors, Z=Admiralty of Zeeland, Zi-Dir=Zierikzee Directors.

Admiralty's ships of Amsterdam

In the Mediterranean Sea (7 ships)

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
commandeur Joris van Cats A 44 150 Jaarsveld 1DWMed, 1DW4, 1DW1
kapitein Anthonis van Zalingen A 40 140 Zon 1DWMed, 1DW4
kapitein David Janssen Bondt A 40 140 Maan 1DWMed, 1DW4
kapitein Hendrick Swart A 40 140 Vereenigde Provinciën 1DWMed, 1DW4
kapitein Dirk Quirijnen Verveen A 40 140 Haarlem 1DWMed, 1DW4
kapitein Jan Uyttenhout A 36 130 Zutphen 1DWMed, 1DW4
kapitein Cornelis Tromp A 34 110 Maecht van Enkhuizen 1DWMed, 1DW4

With Tromp's Fleet (16 ships)

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
commandeur Augustijn Balck A 46 150 Vrijheid 1DW1, 1DW4
commandeur Gideon de Wildt A 42 160 Vrede raedt, 1DW4
kapitein Nicolaes Marrevelt A 36 120 Zeelandia raedt, ball
kapitein Joris van der Zaan A 38 130 Campen raedt, 1DW4
kapitein Govert Reael A 36 140 Leeuwarden raedt, 1DW4
kapitein Barent Pieterszoon Dorrevelt A 34 125 Amsterdam raedt, 1DW4
kapitein Albert de Graeff A 32 110 Hollandia raedt, 1DW1, 1DW2, 1DW4
kapitein Jan Jansz Boermans A 28 100 Prins Willem raedt, 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Barent Cramer A 28 100 Edam raedt, 1DW1, 1DW2, 1DW4
kapitein Jacob Paulusz Cort A 28 95 Star raedt, 1DW4
kapitein Joris de Colerij A 28 100 Hoop 1DW4, raedt
kapitein Cornelis Corneliszoon Jol (Hola) A 28 105 Leiden raedt, ball, 1DW4
kapitein Abraham van der Hulst A 26 100 Achilles (1644, 120 ft) 1DW1, raedt
kapitein Gerbrandt Schatter A 26 95 Dolphijn raedt, 1DW4
kapitein Jan ter Stege A 26 100 Keyser raedt, 1DW4
kapitein Gillis Thyssen Campen A 24 80 Goude Leeuw raedt, 1DW1, 1DW4

To convoy corn ships to Muscovy

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
kapitein Evert Anthonissen A 32 120 Hollandia 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Wolphert van Brederode A 24 80 Hoop 1DW1, 1DW4

Going to Muscovy

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
kapitein Ewout Jeroenszoon A 28 100 Zutphen 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Hillebrandt Jeroenszoon A 24 80 Hollandsche Tuijn 1DW1, 1DW4

At the rendezvous at the Wielingen

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
kapitein Jan Egbertszoon Ooms A 28 86 Gouda 1DW1, 1DW4, raedt
kapitein Cornelis van Velsen A 28 100 Gelderland 1DW1, 1DW2, 1DW4

Lying at the Texel, ready to sail to the rendezous off the Wielingen

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
kapitein Jan Gideonszoon Verburgh A 40 140 Graaf Willem 1DW2, 1DW4
kapitein Emmanuel Zalingen A 40 140 Aartsengel Michiel 1DW2, 1DW4
kapitein Sijmon van der Aeck A 30 100 Amsterdam 1DW2, 1DW4
kapitein Isaak Sweers A 36 130 Engel Gabriel 1DW2, 1DW4
kapitein Lucas Albertssen A 36 130 Drie Coningen 1DW2, 1DW4
kapitein Claes Sael A 30 100 Maria 1DW2, 1DW4

For a convoy to the Mediterranean

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
kapitein Jan Roetering A 32 110 Utrecht 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Jan Richewijn A 40 130 Ter Goes 1DW2, 1DW4

For the convoy to the East

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
kapitein Jan de Lapper A 32 120 Fazant 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Pieter van Brakel A 30 100 Bommel 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Jacob Troucquoij (his ship) A 30 100 Omlandia 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Hendrik Adriaanszoon A 26 90 Sampson 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Hendrik Huyskens A 28 100 Westfriesland 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Maarten Schaeff A 28 100 Engel Gabriel 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Willem van der Zaan A 28 100 Prinses Aemilia 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Adriaan van Loenen A 24 80 Patientia 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Pieter van Zalingen A 18 70 Brak 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Dirk Pieterszoon Heertjens A 18 70 Windhond 1DW1, 1DW4

Being fitted out at Amsterdam and the Texel

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
kapitein Jan van Campen A 28 100 Overijssel 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Dirk Schey A 28 100 Achilles (1630, 131 ft) 1DW1, 1DW4

Three recently stopped and taken by the English

Taken while coming from a convoy to France

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
kapitein Jeroen Adelaar A 30 100 Middelburg 1DW1, 1DW4

Taken in the defense of the busses

Rank Name Adm/Dir Guns Crew Ship Sources
kapitein Hendrik Kroeger A 24 80 Marcus Curtius 1DW1, 1DW4
kapitein Dirk Bogaart A 24 80 Catharina 1DW1, 1DW4

Sources:

  • [1DW1] The First Dutch War, Vol.I.
  • [1DW2] The First Dutch War, Vol.II.
  • [1DW3] The First Dutch War, Vol.III.
  • [1DW4] The First Dutch War, Vol.IV.
  • [1DWMed] R. C. Anderson, The First Dutch War in the Mediterranean, The Mariner's Mirror, Vol.49 No.4, November 1963.
  • [ball] Dr. Ballhausen's book.
  • [raedt] Pamphlet of Hendrik de Raedt (about the voyage to the Shetlands).
  • [add.info] List of Admiralty of Amsterdam hired ships from 1652 from the Wrangell Collection, 1652
  • [add.info] Dr. Simon Hart, papers from the Amsterdam notarial archives, Gemeentearchief Amsterdam: Arch. nr. 883, Inv. nr. 471
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