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Dutch ship Aemilia (1632)

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Name
  
Aemilia

Tons burthen
  
600t

Fate
  
Unknown

Launched
  
1632

Dutch ship Aemilia (1632)

Builder
  
Jan Salomonszoon van den Tempel

Notes
  
Participated in Battle of the Downs

Class and type
  
57-gun ship of the line

The Aemilia was the flagship of Admiral Maarten Tromp during part of the Eighty Years' War. It was a Dutch 57-gun ship of the line. Built by Jan Salomonszoon van den Tempel for the Admiralty of Rotterdam in 1632, the ship was the largest Dutch warship built up to that time.

At the Battle of the Downs, in 1639, the vessel fought well under the personal command of Admiral Tromp. It was last mentioned in 1647.

References

Dutch ship Aemilia (1632) Wikipedia