Dutch Fifth Rate ship 'Utrecht' (1633)

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Utrecht
Stad Utrecht Wapen van Utrecht
Nominal Guns	30	DWAS-1600
Nationality	Dutch Republic
Operator	Admiralty of Amsterdam
Launched	1633	DWAS-1600
How acquired	Purpose built	DWAS-1600
Shipyard	Unknown	W006
Category	Fifth Rate	DWAS-1600
Ship Type	Ship
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Sunk in Action	25.9.1648	DWAS-1600

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW006
Length of Gundeck120' 0"Amsterdam Feet33.972 (111′ 5″ Imperial)
Breadth28' 8"Amsterdam Feet7.9525 (26′ 1″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold11' 3"Amsterdam Feet3.1913 (10′ 5″ Imperial)
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentDWAS-1600
Burthen200Dutch Last

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
163396 W006
15.9.1639120 DWAS-1600
28.9.1648145 DWAS-1600

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1639 - 9.1639KapiteinW0149.1639 - 1639KapiteinDWAS-16001648 - 28.9.1648KapiteinDWAS-1600

Service History

DateEventSource
17.9.1639Action of 18 September 1639
16.10.1639Battle of the Downs
1648Refitted as a 32 gun Fourth Rate ShipDWAS-1600
25.9.1648Action of 15th Sepptember 1648

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

DWAS-1600James Bender, Book

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

W014James Bender, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Rodrigo Torres on Saturday 9th of March 2013 20:17

Isn't it the Utrecht that sunk under De With in Brazil (1648)?

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