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Wednesday 22 April 2015

Dutch warship Vrede 1652-1653

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, from the Dutch East Indies Company chamber Amsterdam which was forced by the Raadspensionaris ] to dispose her in 1652-1653, dimensions (Amsterdam foot) 155 x 38 x 12, draught 19, height below verdeck 6¼ feet, an armament of 30 (1653: 6-18pd, 14-12pd, 12-8pd) guns and a crew numbering 236 men (included 30 soldiers). Because the crew refused to fight anymore at the battle against the British fleet between 8-9 October 1652 she left the battle scene, part of fleet commanded by Witte Czn. de With.