Dutch ship Eendracht (1666)
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Dutch Republic | |
Name | Eendracht |
Builder | Salomon Janszoon van den Tempel, Dordrecht |
Laid down | 1665 |
Fate | Wrecked in 1689 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 76-gun ship of the line |
Length | 160 Amsterdam feet (45.3 m (149 ft)) |
Beam | 42½ Amsterdam feet (12 m (39 ft)) |
Depth of hold | 16½ Amsterdam feet (3.5 m (11 ft)) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 400 |
Armament |
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Eendracht or Eendragt ("Unity") was a First Charter (i.e. first rate) two-decker ship of the confederal navy of the United Provinces (a precursor state of the Netherlands) between 1666 and 1689. Eendragt was the more common spelling in the 17th century; Eendracht is the modern Dutch standard spelling.
Eeendracht was built from 1665 to 1666 for the Maas Admiralty, one of the five naval forces of the Dutch Republic, as a replacement for the earlier ship of the same name that had been sunk in June 1665 at the Battle of Lowestoft. The new ship was the flagship of Lieutenant-Admiraal Aert van Nes at the Four Days' Battle of 1666 and at the subsequent St James' Day Battle.
References
[edit]- James Bender, Dutch Warships in the Age of Sail 1600–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-157-1.
- J. C. De Jonge, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewegen, Vol.1, Haarlem, 1858.
- A. Vreugdenhil, Ships of the United Netherlands, 1648–1702. Society for Nautical Research, London, 1938.