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The '''cromster''' was a type of small warship used by the [[Dutch Republic]] during the [[16th century|sixteenth]] and [[17th century|seventeenth]] centuries. 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 (boat)|hoy]]. |
The '''cromster''' was a type of small warship used by the [[Dutch Republic]] during the [[16th century|sixteenth]] and [[17th century|seventeenth]] centuries. 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 (boat)|hoy]]. |
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For its size, it was heavily armed and capable of influencing events ashore. It played a part vis-à-vis the shore, in the [[Spanish Armada]] campaign of [[1588]]. |
For its size, it was heavily armed and capable of influencing events ashore. It played a part vis-à-vis the shore, in the [[Spanish Armada]] campaign of [[1588]]. |
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The cromster was a type of small warship used by the Dutch Republic during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 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.
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For its size, it was heavily armed and capable of influencing events ashore. It played a part vis-à-vis the shore, in the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588.