De Zeven Provinciën — De Ruyter's 1665 Flagship Model | Admiral Line
De Zeven Provinciën — De Ruyter's 1665 Flagship Model | Admiral Line
Model details
- Materials
- Mahogany, Western red cedar, Rosewood, Brass, Linen sails
- Construction
- Plank-on-frame, built by hand
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Tall Ship Models - Admiral Line
- Item no.
- T086
The flagship of Michiel de Ruyter, the admiral the Royal Navy feared most.
Built plank on frame in western red cedar, rosewood and mahogany. Dutch ships of this period were broader and shallower than their English counterparts — built for the sandbanks off the Dutch coast — and the model keeps that distinctive beamy profile.
Construction
- Plank-on-frame hull in western red cedar, rosewood and mahogany
- Two gun decks with cast cannon and carved port surrounds
- Carved and gilded stern with the arms of the seven provinces
- Three masts and bowsprit with complete hand-knotted rigging
- Hand-stitched linen sails on every yard
- Ship's boats, capstan, wheel, anchors and rudder
- Solid wood base and engraved brass nameplate
- Fully assembled
History
Launched at Delfshaven in 1665 and named for the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic, she carried around 80 guns and flew De Ruyter's flag through the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars. She was there for the Four Days' Battle in 1666 and for the Raid on the Medway in June 1667 — when the Dutch fleet sailed up the Thames estuary, burned English ships at anchor and towed away the flagship Royal Charles, whose stern decoration is still in the Rijksmuseum. She was broken up in 1694.