Polish Sixth Rate pink 'Meerweib' (1623)

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Meerweib
Panna Wodna
Nominal Guns	12	E-WIKI
Nationality	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Operator	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy
Launched	1623	ref:1236
How acquired	Purpose built	ref:1236
Shipyard	Danzig - Pomerania	ref:1236
Constructor	James MurrayPolish Ship Builder	E-WIKI
Category	Sixth Rate	E-WIKI
Ship Type	Pink	ref:1236
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	E-WIKI
Captured	1632	ref:1236
Becomes	Swedish Sixth Rate ship 'Meerweib' (1632) (12) 1632-1650 Swedish 12 Gun 6th Rate Ship

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentE-WIKI
Burthen160Ton
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1310
Between Perpendiculars84' 0"Amsterdam Feet23.7804 (78′ 0″ Imperial)
Breadth19' 0"Amsterdam Feet5.3789 (17′ 7″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold9' 0"Amsterdam Feet2.5479 (8′ 4″ Imperial)

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
28.11.162780including 50 marinesref:1240

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
1627 - 5.5.1628Captainref:1240

Service History

DateEventSource
28.11.1627Battle of Oliwa
1629

Sent to Wismar as a reinforcment for Habsburg imperial fleet.

ref:1236

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:1236E. Koczorowski, Book

ref:1240E. Koczorowski, Book

ref:1310Kazimierz Lepszy, Archive

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Sagitt on Wednesday 5th of December 2018 12:10

Hello,

Thank you very much! I will try to add some info about the rest of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy. As soon as I find some free time.

Posted by Cy on Sunday 25th of November 2018 14:47

Hi

Many thanks, always interested in adiditonal data from the less well know areas of naval warfare. If you have additional information you wish to share please feel free to either add additional comments or email me directly. Link is on home page.

Cy

Posted by Sagitt on Saturday 24th of November 2018 20:31

I am very happy to see some polish warships from the age of sail on that page. But I see here some wrong data, so let me put a comment.

Meerweib:
Ship type - pink
Built in Gdańsk shipyard, acquired in 1623,
1627 - Fought in Battle of Oliva
1629 - Sent to Wismar as a reinforcment for Habsburg imperial fleet.
1632 - Captured by Swedes after Wismar surrendered.

Source:
R. Koczorowski, Flota Polska w latach 1587-1632 (Polish Navy in 1587-1632), Warsaw 1973.

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