Sir_Wiener_Von_Snitzel Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 The Seven Provinces was a liner of the Admiralty of the Maze with 80 pieces of artillery, the name of the ship was also written as the 7 Provinces. The vessel had a length of 163 feet, a width of 43 feet and a cavity of 16.5 feet (NB: Amsterdam 1 foot = 28.3 cm). The displacement was approximately 1600 tons and the ship carried more than 2,000 sqm sail. The crew had more than 420 heads. The ship was built in 1664-1665 in the old Admiralty shipyard on the Haringvliet in Rotterdam. The architect was Salomon Janszn Temple, a scion of a famous family of Rotterdam shipbuilders. Model (scale 1:87) of the Seven Provinces in 1665, commissioned by the Bataviawerf Herbert Tomesen The ship began his career as temporary flagship of Vice Admiral Jansse Aert van Nes, then it became the flagship of Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter Adriaenszoon (1666-1674). It participated in the Four Days Battle of North Foreland (1666), the two-day Battle (1666) and Journey to Chatham (1667), in the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Furthermore, the ship participated in the Battle of Sole Bay (1672); the double battle of Clean Field (1673) and the Battle of Texel (1673). In 1674 it went under De Ruyter expedition to Martinique. After the death of De Ruyter was in 1678 the flagship of Rear Admiral Jan van Brakel. In 1691 was Rear-Admiral Johan Snellen command of the ship, he died that same year on board. The ship was part of a combined Anglo-Dutch fleet under Edward Russell in 1692 where by the French in the Battle of La Hougue leak was shot. The last commander of the ship was Captain Evert de Lieffde, whose log has been preserved from 1692. Eventually, it was sold for scrap in 1694. Since 1995, the Batavia Yard in Lelystad built a replica of this ship, which is considered one of the most famous warships of the Dutch Golden Age. The construction of this 'new' Seven Provinces was stopped in 2013 for financial reasons. The aim was to reconstruct the ship using all available sources and as authentic as possible. There are several ships that have called The Seven Provinces, including the modern frigate The Seven Provinces in 2002. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Topic already exists. Merged. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel van Heerden Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Please add this!!! She's absolutly stunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvenski Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) On a related note, I got Napoleon: Total War during the Steam Summer Sale, and noticed that the 80-gun SoL in that game looked really odd and out-of-place, but somehow familiar. I eventually found this topic (I'd probably seen it before, a while ago) and figured out that the reason N:TW's 80-gunner looks so odd is that her hull looks like it was based on this ship, which is from 1665, as opposed to a historically-accurate 80-gunner from the Napoleonic Wars. LOL Edited June 30, 2015 by Arvenski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirones Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 by the way doesn anyone has some recent pictures of her from the bataviawerft? kinda want to know who far they come with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 by the way doesn anyone has some recent pictures of her from the bataviawerft? kinda want to know who far they come with her. This could interest you: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/68484.aspx?sort=DESC&pi240=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirones Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 next question how do they want to get it to the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 next question how do they want to get it to the water? They might build the hull and use crane to put it in the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Here are fresh pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bataviawerf/sets/72157620711745618/ http://www.vanhalterenweb.nl/modelbouw/?p=512 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvenski Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 They might build the hull and use crane to put it in the water. That'd have to be one hell of a crane... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 That'd have to be one hell of a crane... Agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvenski Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Even then, you'd probably need a few of those things to lift a ship's hull that big, wouldn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killick Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I visited the Bataviawerf recently, and they told me construction of the Zeven Provinciën has stopped indefinitely. They need all the funding they get to keep the Batavia afloat. The Zeven Provinciën will most likely never be completed, but its frame will be kept to show visitors how ships were built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandonchat Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 thats a big big shame.. they should raise some money during Sail 2015... i bet there r lots of visitors who would like to donate some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Loe Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Complete ship image collection can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/49225014@N05/sets/72157624964465779 De Zeven Provinciën Canons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRuyter Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I visited the Bataviawerf recently, and they told me construction of the Zeven Provinciën has stopped indefinitely. They need all the funding they get to keep the Batavia afloat. The Zeven Provinciën will most likely never be completed, but its frame will be kept to show visitors how ships were built. This is such sad news. First she is almost destroyed by fire and now no funds. I remember visiting the Bataviawerf in the 1990's when they had started framing her. I can see how expensive it is just to maintain Batavia though. They initially used all 17th century materials and construction methods. On a positive note L'Hermione was built in France over 15 years using mostly public donations. So there may be hope yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirones Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 what a shame :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvenski Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Eh, maybe the French will build themselves a Temeraire, now that they've seen what they can do when building a frigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirones Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 i readed that they laid the keel down for one twodecker or was that some british guys i think the brit are planing it and the french laid it down but cant remember where i readed it. another reason for bringing her ingame 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueEagleGER Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Lol, the french can rebuild any of their ships and the Brits will be glad to help, because they captured the original at some point and used her aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatTimo Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I would love to see the seven provincies in the game! I would make it right away! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 De Zeven Provinciën - for when Brigs just wont cut it in shallow water PBs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlavDeng2 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I wonder one thing cause I have searched a bit around the net, Is there any interesting dutch ship of the line of mid-late XVIII century? On steels ship plans post there are some nice ships, especially in my opinion the 54 gunners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSandwich Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I wonder one thing cause I have searched a bit around the net, Is there any interesting dutch ship of the line of mid-late XVIII century? What #-gunner are you looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSandwich Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Can i interest you in: 68-gun, Neptunus, 1798, SOL Link:http://i.imgur.com/T1TbrWQ.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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