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Thursday 23 April 2015

Dutch inland warship Neptunus 1623-1632

Of the admiralty Maze, built in 1623, last mentioned in 1632, an armament of 16-38 guns (1631: 6-4pdr (iron), 2-2½pdr (iron), 10 steenstukken/swivels, 20 chambers), a crew numbering 30-31 men and a measurement of 30 last. Commanding officers in 1628: guard vessel on Maas near Bommel, captain jonker Gijsbert van Heerd and 1631: lying off Batenburg, captain Cornelis Adriaensz de Jonge.