Dutch Fourth Rate ship 'Wapen van Holland' (1639)

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Wapen van Holland
Nominal Guns	30	DWAS-1600
Nationality	Dutch Republic
Operator	Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier
Launched	1639	W006
First Commissioned	1638	W006
How acquired	Purpose built	W006
Shipyard	Rotterdam - Holland	W006
Category	Fourth Rate	DWAS-1600
Ship Type	Ship
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Captured	12.7.1652	DWAS-1600
Becomes	British Fourth Rate ship 'Arms of Holland' (1652) (34) 1652-1655 British 34 Gun 4th Rate Ship

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW014
Burthen200Dutch Last

Date# of MenNotesSource
1639120 W006
164290 W014
8.165295 W014

DatesRankNameSource
1639KapiteinW0141642KapiteinW0141652 - 22.7.1652KapiteinDWAS-1600

DateEventSource
16.10.1639Battle of the Downs
12.7.1652Action of 1652-07-12
12.7.1652Taken by the British In the North Seas by Blake's fleetNRS001

IDNameAuthorType

DWAS-1600James Bender, Book

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