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Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch Admiral > 
Michiel Adriaensz. De Ruyter was born in Vlissingen (Flushing). He went to the sea for the first time at he age of 11, serving for the Lampsins family. In 1621-1622 he served under Prince Maurits. By 1635 Michiel de Ruyter was a merchant captain. After serving as rear admiral of a fleet assisting Portugal against Spain in 1641, he returned to the merchant service for the next 10 years, fighting against the Barbary pirates off the North African coast. Although he planned to settle with his family in Amsterdam, Michiel accepted the job as vice-commander in the navy.
During the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-1654), he distinguished himself against the English, while serving under the Dutch admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp. In 1653, de Ruyter became vice-admiral of Holland. In 1666 he got his own flagship De Zeven Provinciën (the seven provinces). During the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1664-1667) he defeated the English in the Four Days' Battle fought near Dunkerque, France, in 1666.
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• http://members.lycos.nl/filazeeland/ruyter.html
• Chronology Michiel Adriaenszoon De Ruyter • Edit
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Maarten Tromp, Dutch Admiral
Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp was an officer and later admiral in the Dutch navy. Born in Den Briel, Tromp sailed the seas from the age of nine, and joined the Dutch navy as... |
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Cornelis Tromp, Dutch Admiral
Cornelis Tromp was a Commander in chief of the Dutch navy. Tromp was born in Rotterdam, the son of Admiral Maarten Tromp and Dignom Cornelis de Haes. He served in the Fir... |
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The Dutch in the Medway
One of the more unfortunate events in the British naval history happened on 12 – 14th June. 1667, when a Dutch fleet sailed up the river Medway in Kent and destroyed seve... |
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