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Peter Swart 24th May 2021
Pieter Jorisz Groenebroek

Pieter Jorisz Groenebroek

Pieter Groenebroek was second lieutenant on the frigate Huis te Warmelo. He came from Medemblik. His name recently surfaced in a deed from an Amsterdam...

Peter Swart 30th March 2021
A ship’s boy from Alkmaar

A ship’s boy from Alkmaar

The ship's boys on the Huis te Warmelo were at the very bottom of the ranks. They were young and employed on the warship for...

Peter Swart 20th February 2021
The skipper's house

The skipper's house

On the Vooreiland in Medemblik, there are three houses with a stepped gable in a row. They were built in the seventeenth century and form...

Peter Swart 19th January 2021
Cook Gerrit Hendriksz Kes

Cook Gerrit Hendriksz Kes

Gerrit Hendriksz Kes served as a ship's cook at the Huis te Warmelo. His place on the ship was the galley, the common name for...

Peter Swart 24th December 2020
Jan Haanekraaij from Enkhuizen

Jan Haanekraaij from Enkhuizen

Jan Jansz Haanekraaij was a sailor on the frigate Huis in Warmelo. According to the payment register of the ship, he came from Enkhuizen. His...

Peter Swart 29th November 2020
Our man in Russia

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...

Nico Brinck 30th October 2020
Gun carriages and guns

Gun carriages and guns

The 300 years old wreck of the Huis te Warmelo is characterized by the cannons that are still in position on the upper deck. Before...

Peter Swart 5th October 2020
Auke Visser and the Lieveloo family

Auke Visser and the Lieveloo family

On the Internet there is a family tree of the Lieveloo family with the name Auke Dirksz Visser. He was assistant steward on the frigate...

Peter Swart 5th September 2020
Article in NRC

Article in NRC

On 4th September 2020, the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad published an article on well-preserved shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea region. The reason is the discovery...

Peter Swart 10th August 2020
Sorrow of a seaman's wife

Sorrow of a seaman's wife

Dirk Thomasz Meerder, the first lieutenant of the frigate Huis te Warmelo, was married to Annetjen Karstens. We know little about Dirk's career, but presumably...

Peter Swart 8th July 2020
Auke Visser from Medemblik

Auke Visser from Medemblik

Auke Visser was an assistant steward at the frigate Huis te Warmelo. The steward and his assistants had to supervise the ship's provisions and were...

Robert de Hoop 21st May 2020
Maritime Heritage International

Maritime Heritage International

On 20th May, the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands published the interim report on the Maritime Heritage International programme. This contains the projects, activities...