Dutch ship Eendracht (1666)

Eendracht or Eendragt ("Unity") was a First Charter (i.e. first rate) two-decker ship of the confederal navy of the United Provinces (a precursor state of the Netherlands) between 1666 and 1689. Eendragt was the more common spelling in the 17th century; Eendracht is the modern Dutch standard spelling.

History
Dutch Republic
Name	Eendracht
Builder	Salomon Janszoon van den Tempel, Dordrecht
Laid down	1665
Fate	Wrecked in 1689
General characteristics
Class & type	76-gun ship of the line
Length	160 Amsterdam feet (45.3 m (149 ft))
Beam	42½ Amsterdam feet (12 m (39 ft))
Depth of hold	16½ Amsterdam feet (3.5 m (11 ft))
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	400
Armament	76 guns (later 80 guns) comprising: 14 × 24-pdrs 26 × 18-pdrs (by 1672, only 12 × 18-pdrs 12 × 12-pdrs (by 1672, 24 × 12-pdrs) 16 × 6-pdrs (by 1672, only 6 × 6-pdrs) 8 × 4-pdrs (by 1672, 14 × 4-pdrs)

Eeendracht was built from 1665 to 1666 for the Maas Admiralty, one of the five naval forces of the Dutch Republic, as a replacement for the earlier ship of the same name that had been sunk in June 1665 at the Battle of Lowestoft. The new ship was the flagship of Lieutenant-Admiraal Aert van Nes at the Four Days' Battle of 1666 and at the subsequent St James' Day Battle.

References

• James Bender, Dutch Warships in the Age of Sail 1600–1714: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2014. ISBN 978-1-84832-157-1.
• J. C. De Jonge, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewegen, Vol.1, Haarlem, 1858.
• A. Vreugdenhil, Ships of the United Netherlands, 1648–1702. Society for Nautical Research, London, 1938.