Bells and cannon roar
You will find the names of those on board the Huis te Warmelo in baptismal and marriage registers, notarial deeds and court documents. But they...
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...
The Pilander family from Alkmaar
The article in the Alkmaarsche Courant of 11th February 2020 resulted in a response and information about the family of Jan Michielsz Pilander. In 1715,...
Article in Alkmaarsche Courant
Almost one third of all men on board of the frigate Huis te Warmelo came from the town of Alkmaar. Many of them, captain François...
Vice-principal Van Herk and son
According to the payment register of the Huis te Warmelo, Cornelis van Herk from Alkmaar held the position of second clerk. The second clerk was...
The warship Zantvoort
In the collection of Teylers Museum in Haarlem there is a drawn ship portrait of the Zantvoort. This work of art has been attributed to...
Captain's son Jan Doen from Hoorn
On 20th May 1715, Jan Doen reported aboard the Huis te Warmelo. He was barely 15 years old, the son of a navy captain and...
Three surgeons
The treatment of the ill and injured aboard the Huis te Warmelo was in the hands of three surgeons: first surgeon Jan Swart from Egmond...
Article in Finnish magazine Sukeltaja
Sukeltaja, the magazine of the Finnish Divers Federation, contains a richly illustrated article about the Huis te Warmelo. Look here for the article (FI).
Descendants of Dirk Thomasz Meerder
On 1st May 2019 mayor Frank Streng welcomed the 87-year-old Frans Visser at the Medemblik town hall. Frans is a descendant of Dirk Thomasz Meerder...
Third steersman Cornelis Vis
Cornelis Vis from Medemblik was third steersman of the frigate Huis te Warmelo. Together with the first and second steersman, he was in charge of...
Shipwreck protection
The Huis te Warmelo wreck has special significance to the Netherlands. Nowhere else in the world have Dutch warships from the early eighteenth century been...