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Tuesday 28 July 2015

Dutch warship Friesland or Wapen van Friesland 1617-1631

Of the admiralty Amsterdam, mentioned 1617-1631, an armament of 22 (1628: 10-12pd, 2-8pd, 10-5pd-28 (1631: 10-8pd, 10-5pd, 2-8, 6 swivels) guns, a crew numbering 85-110 (included 30 musketeers) men and a tonnage of 150 last. In 1617-1618 captain Carsten Pieterss Rosegaerdt in squadron Hillebrandt Quast expedition to the Barbary states, 1620-1621 captain Dirck Pieterss Vos, part of fleet lieutenant admiral Willem de Zoete, heer van Haultain, expedition against the Barbary states. In 1628 part of the fleet which blockaded coast of Flanders, captain Jan Isbrants van Edam and in 1631 captain Pieter Jansz van Haerlem