The Aemilia was the famous 17th-century flagship of Lieutenant Admiral of Zeeland Philips van Dorp (1587-1652). In 1635, it was the biggest warship of the Dutch Republic. From 1637 the Aemilia was the flagship of Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp and was active during the destruction of the Second Spanish Armada by the Dutch fleet during the naval battle of the Downs (October 31, 1639). In 1647 the ship was sold to the French. It was used in the war between Spain and France in the Mediterranean.

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (public domain)

The Aemilia before the battle of the Downs in 1639, painting by Reinier Nooms.

The Aemilia was last mentioned in a news report in the Dutch Hollandsche Mercurius in June 1651, when it was captured by two Spanish warships in the Mediterranean in the service of French privateers and brought to Naples. There the the Aemilia spent its last days chained in the harbour, stripped of its rigging.

Armament: first 46 guns, later 58 (12 24-pound, 8 18-pound, 20 12-pound, 10 6-pound and 4 4-pound guns).