Wapen van Rotterdam

Wapen van Rotterdam was a Dutch East India Company East Indiaman that was built in 1666 for the Rotterdam Chamber of the VOC, and was operated from 1667, twice travelling to the Indies,[1] until its capture by the English Royal Navy's frigate HMS Newcastle on 14 March 1674 in the Battle of Ronas Voe.[2]

History
 Dutch East India Company
Name: Wapen van Rotterdam
Owner: Dutch East India Company
Acquired: 1666
In service: 1667
Captured: 14 March 1674
Fate: Captured in the Battle of Ronas Voe
History
 England
Name: HMS Arms of Rotterdam
Owner: Royal Navy
Acquired: 1674
In service: 1674
Out of service: 1703
Fate: Broken down in Chatham
General characteristics
Class and type: East Indiaman (1666); unarmed hulk (1674)
Tons burthen: 1124
Length: 160 Amsterdam feet (45.30m)
Beam: 30 Amsterdam feet (10.76m)
Depth of hold: 18.5 Amsterdam feet (5.11m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns (1666); 0 (1675)

After its capture, it was renamed HMS Arms of Rotterdam (sometimes spelled Armes of Rotterdam) and was refitted as an unarmed hulk. In 1703 Arms of Rotterdam was broken down in Chatham.[3]

References

  1. "De VOCsite : gegevens VOC-schip Wapen Van Rotterdam (1666)". www.vocsite.nl. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. Bruce, R. Stuart (1914). Johnston, Alfred W.; Johnston, Amy (eds.). "Part III - Replies - Naval Engagement, Rønis Vo, Shetland" (PDF). Old-Lore Miscellany of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland. London: Viking Society for Northern Research. VII (Old-Lore Series Vol. VIII.): 101–103 via Viking Society Web Publications.
  3. "British Third Rate ship of the line 'Arms of Rotterdam' (1674)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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