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Notes
[l] A fairly completelist isasfollows:Lustdrager(1653);Kennemerland(1664);Zeepard(1665);TobiasLei& man (1688);Pulswaard (1690);Capelle (1690);Wetland von Schouwen (1690);Alkmaar (1690);Liefde (1711);Rlinenburg (1713);and Nieuw Vperureugd (1756). Not all of these are wrecked on Shetland. Some are merely known to have foundered or gone missing in Shetland seas. T. Henderson, Zetland County Museum, Lerwick.
[2] The name of the Kennemerland is taken from that of a district between Haarlem and Alkmaar.
[3] These measurements are in Dutch feet which are equal to 11 English inches.
[4] A state of war existed between the two countries for sometime prior to the formal declaration of war by
Britain on 22 February 1665.This fact is important since it was the basis for Charles 11’s claim to the
wreck of the Kennemerland.
[5] Holland and Zeeland adopted the new Gregorian calendar in 1582 whereas it was not adopted in this
country until 1752.Consequently all the dates taken from the Dutch archives are New Style whereas the
Scottish dates are Old Style.
[6] The ducat was worth approximately5guildersand4stuivers. This and subsequent calculations are based
on a table of currency values provided by the British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals.
[A The Kennemerland‘s cannon may have played a part in deterring a Dutch fleet from attacking the fort of
Lerwick in 1667(Bruce,1920).
[8] The Amsterdam Chamber are known to have negotiated with the owners of the Rommelpot to try and sal-
vage the Kennemerland on 26and 30March and there were similar negotiations with a Jacob Alofs on 27 July 1665 (VOC, Amsterdam Chamber 26 and 30 March, 27 July 1665). Furthermore, witnesses at the Court of the Exchequer proceedings were asked whether a Dutch ship had attempted salvage. Their answers have not survived.
[9] The estates of Orkney and Shetland were awarded to the eighth Earl in 1643asa reward forhisloyalty to the Royalist cause, subject to their redemption for €30,000sterling. A fresh grant was made to the tenth Earl in 1662.After their confiscation by the Crown in 1669they were again returned to the Earls of Morton in 1707.This was confirmed by Act of Parliament in 1742.The fifteenth Earl in 1766sold all rights in the Orkneys and Shetlands to the Dundas family for €63,000.(Doubleday & Walden, 1936:IX:286-302).
[lo]The Countess was a member of a prominent Dutch family whom the Earl had married at The Hague in 1659(Doubleday & Walden, 1936:MI:271).
[ll]The Dutch Government took over all rights in the Dutch East India Company when it was dissolved. The DutchMinistryof EconomicAffairshavesignedasalvagecontractfortheDeLiefdeandtheKennemerland with Mr John Bannon,a director of Scientific Survey and Location Limited. Mr Bannon did not object to our diving on the Kennemerland.
[12]The De Liefde, another Dutch East Indiaman, was wrecked at Mio Ness in southwest Housay, Out Skerries in 1711.It was relocated by naval divers from HMS Shoulton in 1964 and was the subject of several expeditions during the 1960’s(Bax, 1970).
[I31John Lethbridge described his diving machine in a letter to the Gentleman’s Magazine (September, 1749: 411-3) and there is a copy of a contemporary engraving on a silver tankard (Amery, 1880:490-6). He dived onmanywrecksincludingfiveDutchEastIndmen(Lysons,1822:568-70)and ‘recovered...almostan hundred thousand pounds for the Dutch and English merchants. , ..(Wolborough Parish Register, 1759: Burials).
[14]One of these two cannonshad been previously located by Dick Clarke, a member of the 1968De Liefde expedition.
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