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Friday 31 July 2015

Dutch warship Haas 1652-1653

Of the board Vlissingen, mentioned in 1652-1653, dimensions 113 x 28 x 12½, height below deck 6 feet, an armament of 26 (4-18pd, 2-12pd, 10-8pd, 10-6pd) guns and a crew numbering 93-120 (included 27 soldiers) men. Commanded by  captain Bastiaen Centsen. Captured on 11 December 1652 the grounded British ship Hercules and brought her into Vlissingen.