Ship’s log of the Diepenheim
A ship's log of the Diepenheim is kept in the Utrecht Archives.(1) Like the frigate Huis te Warmelo, this Amsterdam warship sailed to the Baltic...
Our man in Russia
In 1715, Jacob de Bie was the diplomatic representative of the Netherlands in Russia. He lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, the city that was...
Passing the Sound
On 6th June 1715, the frigate Huis te Warmelo reached the entrance of the Sound with 200 merchantmen and 11 other Dutch warships. The ships...
What was written in the newspaper in 1715?
Three weeks after the accident, the Oprechte Haerlemsche courant reported on the fate of the frigate Huis te Warmelo: ‘Amsterdam on 13th September. The warship...