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It seems they used the average width and depth of the ship. In the 1670's they used the following formula for ships loaded with timber: L x (B1+B2+B3) x (D1+D2+D3) / 242½ x 3 x 3 It seems they had three spots where they measured the width and the depth, and then multiplied those and divided...

You can run the text through Google Translate and get the gist of it. I did not see any mention of deck area taxed, but they were used in order to calculate the tonnage of the ships. To keep things simple, they implemented the following regulations in 1632: The first number is the keel length...

The Sound Dues changed several times as time went on. Eric of Pommern (king of Denmark) instituted the Sound Dues sometime between 1425 and 1429, and the rate was one English Noble for each large ship (smaller ships were not taxed). This was of course not popular, and several cities of the...

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