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The '''Crommesteven''' or '''cromsteven''', often as '''crompster''', '''cromster''' or '''crumster''' (from ''crom'' = bent, concave; ''steven'' = stem)<ref>Robert Gardiner, Brian Lavery: ''The Line of Battle: The Sailing Warship 1650-1840'', Conway Maritime 2004. ISBN 0851779549. p.67 </ref> was a type of small [[warship]] used by the [[Dutch Republic]] and later by the British fleets during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.<ref>L. E. Harris: ''The Two Netherlanders Humphtey Bradlay and Cornelis Drebbel''. Brill Archive, p.96</ref> It was designed for work inshore on the shoal [[Netherlands]] coast and was a [[ketch]], [[spritsail]] rigged on the [[Mast (sailing)|main]], and [[lateen]] on the small mizzen. As a class of vessel, it was represented in [[England]] by the [[Hoy (boat)|hoy]]. When queen [[Elizabeth I]] died, her navy was reported to consist of 31 [[great |
The '''Crommesteven''' or '''cromsteven''', often as '''crompster''', '''cromster''' or '''crumster''' (from ''crom'' = bent, concave; ''steven'' = stem)<ref>Robert Gardiner, Brian Lavery: ''The Line of Battle: The Sailing Warship 1650-1840'', Conway Maritime 2004. ISBN 0851779549. p.67 </ref> was a type of small [[warship]] used by the [[Dutch Republic]] and later by the British fleets during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.<ref>L. E. Harris: ''The Two Netherlanders Humphtey Bradlay and Cornelis Drebbel''. Brill Archive, p.96</ref> It was designed for work inshore on the shoal [[Netherlands]] coast and was a [[ketch]], [[spritsail]] rigged on the [[Mast (sailing)|main]], and [[lateen]] on the small mizzen. As a class of vessel, it was represented in [[England]] by the [[Hoy (boat)|hoy]]. When queen [[Elizabeth I]] died, her navy was reported to consist of 31 [[great ship]]s, including [[galleon]]s and crompsters, though crommestevens were considerably smaller than galleons.<ref>Corbett, Julian Stafford: ''The successors of Drake'', London : Longmans, Green 1900. p.411</ref> |
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For its size, it was heavily armed and capable of influencing events ashore, in which respect it played a part in the [[Spanish Armada]] campaign of 1588. |
For its size, it was heavily armed and capable of influencing events ashore, in which respect it played a part in the [[Spanish Armada]] campaign of 1588. |
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Revision as of 18:42, 8 August 2009
The Crommesteven or cromsteven, often as crompster, cromster or crumster (from crom = bent, concave; steven = stem)[1] was a type of small warship used by the Dutch Republic and later by the British fleets during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.[2] It was designed for work inshore on the shoal Netherlands coast and was a ketch, spritsail rigged on the main, and lateen on the small mizzen. As a class of vessel, it was represented in England by the hoy. When queen Elizabeth I died, her navy was reported to consist of 31 great ships, including galleons and crompsters, though crommestevens were considerably smaller than galleons.[3]
For its size, it was heavily armed and capable of influencing events ashore, in which respect it played a part in the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588.
Sources
- ^ Robert Gardiner, Brian Lavery: The Line of Battle: The Sailing Warship 1650-1840, Conway Maritime 2004. ISBN 0851779549. p.67
- ^ L. E. Harris: The Two Netherlanders Humphtey Bradlay and Cornelis Drebbel. Brill Archive, p.96
- ^ Corbett, Julian Stafford: The successors of Drake, London : Longmans, Green 1900. p.411
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