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Wapen van Rotterdam

1624
Nominal Guns28W006
NationalityDutch Republic
OperatorAdmiralty of the Maze
Launched1652W006
How acquiredPurpose builtW006
ShipyardRotterdam - Holland W006
CategorySixth RateW006
Ship TypeShipW006
Sailing RigShip RiggedW006
Captured6.1652BWAS-1603
Becomes
British Fifth Rate ship 'Falmouth' (1652) (28) 1652-1658
British 28 Gun
5th Rate Ship

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck106' 0"Rotterdam feet33.2734 (109′ 1″ Imperial)
Breadth26' 0"Rotterdam feet8.1614 (26′ 9″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold10' 0"Rotterdam feet3.139 (10′ 3″ Imperial)

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1652 - 6.1652Kapitein
Jacob van BoshuijsenDutch
Naval Sailor
Service 1602-1702
W014

Service History


DateEventSource
6.1652

Detained at Falmouth at the outbreak of the First Anglo-Dutch war

BWAS-1603

 
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