Klein Hollandia

17th century drawing of the Klein Hollandia by Willem van de Velde
History
Dutch Republic
NameKlein Hollandia
Commissioned1656
FateSank in 1672
General characteristics
Length40.5 m (132 ft 10 in)[1]
Beam10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)[1]
Draught4 m (13 ft 1 in)[1]
Complement44–54 guns[1]

Klein Hollandia (1656 - 24 March 1672) was a Dutch warship owned by the Admiralty of Rotterdam, the military body helping governing the Dutch navy. The ship was involved in multiple key naval battles: the Battle of the Sound off Copenhagen in the Second Northern War on 29 October 1658 and all major naval battles of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The ship was involved in the Action of 12 March 1672 against the English fleet. On the second day, on 24 March 1672 the ship was wrecked and sank. Captain Jan Van Nes and fifty other people died.[1][2]

In 2019 the shipwreck was found off the coast of England at the Eastbourne wreck site, and identified as Klein Hollandia in January 2023.[3][2][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Klein Hollandia (+1672)". Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "UK shipwreck identified as 17th-century Klein Hollandia warship". iamexpat.nl. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Wrak voor Engelse kust blijkt Nederlands oorlogsschip van 350 jaar oud". NOS (in Dutch). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Scheepswrak voor Britse kust blijkt Nederlands oorlogsschip uit 17de eeuw". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ^ Edwards, Mark Beattie (2023-12-07). "The Klein Hollandia: Discovering a 17th-century Dutch warship off Eastbourne". The Past. Retrieved 2023-12-16.