Dutch ship Aemilia (1632)

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Before the Battle of the Downs, 31 October 1639, showing Tromp's flagship Amelia by Reinier Nooms, painted c. 1639.
Career (Dutch Republic)
Name:	Aemilia
Builder:	Jan Salomonszoon van den Tempel
Launched:	1632
Honours and awards:	Participated in: Battle of the Downs
Fate:	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type:	57-gun ship of the line
Length:	122 ft (37 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	32 ft 6 in (9.9 m)
Depth of hold:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	57 guns: Gundeck: 4 × 36 pdrs, 11 × 24 pdrs, 9 × 18 pdrs Upper gundeck: 3 × 18 pdrs, 21 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck, Forecastle & Poop deck: 9 × 6 pdrs

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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.