Friday, May 2, 2008 - New servers are in! Click-in for more info!
VoyForums

VoyUser Login optional ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1234 ]


[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 11:15:54 04/29/08 Tue
Author: Ron
Subject: Guns on Dutch ships-of-the line in 1807 and 1811

I found some details dealing with the armament of Dutch ships-of-the-lines in the time of the Kingdom of Holland (while we were in fact part of the French empire ruled by Bonaparte).

July 1807
the Braband, 28-36pdrs, 28-24pdrs, 14-12pdrs, 12-24 pdr carronades
the Admiral Zoutman, 28-36pdrs, 30-30pdrs, 18-12pdrs, 6-24 pdr carronades
the Hersteller, 26-30pdrs, 28-28pdrs, 16-8pdrs, 4-24pdr carronades

November 1811
the Le Prince, 28-36pdrs, 30-30pdrs, 20-12pdrs, 2-60 pdr carronades, a 80 guns ship
the Zoutman, 28-36pdrs, 30-30pdrs, 20-12pdrs, 2-60 pdr carronades, a 80 guns ship
the Amsterdam, 30-36 pdrs, 30-24pdrs, 20-12pdrs, 2-60 pdr carronades, a 80 guns ship
the Ruyter, 30-36 pdrs, 30-24pdrs, 20-12pdrs, 2-60 pdr carronades, a 80 guns ship
the Braband, 28-36pdrs, 28-23pdrs, 14-8pdrs, 2-60pdr carronades, a 74 guns ship
the Rotterdam, 26-30pdrs, 28-18pdrs, 16-8pdrs, a 64 guns ship
the Doggersbank, 26-30pdrs, 28-18pdrs, 16-8pdrs, a 64 guns ship
the Jo[h]an de Witt, 26-30pdrs, 28-18pdrs, 16-8pdrs, a 64 guns ship

Admiraal Zoutman on stocks at naval yard at Amsterdam October 1798, launched September 1800, 1829 sold and 1830 broken up
Amsterdam, on stocks at Amsterdam June 1804, launched June 1806, 1817 beached and lost, ex-De Leeuw, ex-Commercie van Amsterdam, ex-Amsterdamsche handel, according to A.J. Vermeulen renamed 1814 Amsterdam, other source 1811
Braband, on stocks at Rotterdam August 1782, launched July 1785, broken up 1820, ex-Willem de Eerste and Brutus.
Doggersbank, on stocks at Rotterdam October 1797, launched March 1798, 1839 sold to be broken up, in 1814 renamed Zeeland.
Johan de Wit, on stocks at Rotterdam January 1798, launched June 1798, broken up 1817
Hersteller, probably the Rotterdam, on stocks at Amsterdam January 1798, launched September 1798, 1815 sold en broken up, ex-Hersteller, ex-Commercie van Rotterdam, ex-Rotterdamsche Handel, finally named Rotterdam
Prins, on stocks at Amsterdam December 1797, launched July 1798, broken up 1819, ex-Wreker, ex-Koninklijke Hollander, ex-Kroonprins
Rotterdam, probably the later Koninklijke Hollander, on stocks at Rotterdam May 1804, launched July 1804, broken up 1819, ex-De Ruyter, ex-Piet Hein, ex-Rotterdam, ex-Koninklijke Hollander, ex-Hollandais (renamed 1814 Koninklijke Hollander)

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]


Replies:


VoyUser Login ] Not required to post.
Post a public reply to this message | Go post a new public message
* Notice: Posting problems? [ Click here ]
* HTML allowed in marked fields.
Message subject (required):

Name (required):

  Expression (Optional mood/title along with your name) Examples: (happy, sad, The Joyful, etc.) help)

  E-mail address (optional):

* Type your message here:


Notice: Copies of your message may remain on this and other systems on internet. Please be respectful.

[ Contact Forum Admin ]


Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 2.94, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2008 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.