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Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies, and in many navies is the highest rank.
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Admiralty of Friesland
The Admiralty of Fryslân or Frisian Admiralty (Dutch – Admiraliteit van Friesland or Friese Admiraliteit; West Frisian – Fryske Admiraliteit) was one of the five admiralties of the Dutch Republic.
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Auke Stellingwerf
Auke Andriesz Stellingwerf (1635 – 13 June 1665) was a Dutch (Frisian) admiral who served the Frisian admiralty and died while commanding a squadron in the battle of Lowestoft.
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Battle of Lowestoft
The Battle of Lowestoft took place on 13 June (New Style) 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
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Battle of the Sound
The naval Battle of the Sound took place on 8 November 1658 (29 October O.S.) during the Second Northern War, near the Sound or Øresund, just north of the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen (København; Hafnia) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.
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Cornelis Evertsen the Elder
Cornelis Evertsen the Elder (4 August 1610 – 11 June 1666) was a Dutch admiral.
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Cornelis Tromp
Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp (3 September 1629 – 29 May 1691) was a Dutch naval officer.
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Folk hero
A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with the sole salient characteristic being the imprinting of his or her name, personality and deeds in the popular consciousness of a people.
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Four Days' Battle
The Four Days' Battle was a naval battle of the Second Anglo–Dutch War.
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Friesland
Friesland (official, Fryslân), also historically known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the northern part of the country.
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Frisia
Frisia (Fryslân, Dutch and Friesland) is a coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea in what today is mostly a large part of the Netherlands, including modern Friesland, and smaller parts of northern Germany.
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Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyer
The Gerard Callenburgh class were a group of four destroyers ordered for the Royal Netherlands Navy just before World War II.
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Hans Willem van Aylva
Hans Willem van Aylva (ca. 1633, Holwerd - 21 February 1691, near Leuven) was a Dutch soldier.
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Harlingen, Netherlands
Harlingen (West Frisian: Harns) is a municipality and a city in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland on the coast of Wadden Sea.
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Hero
A hero (masculine) or heroine (feminine) is a real person or a main character of a literary work who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, bravery or strength; the original hero type of classical epics did such things for the sake of glory and honor.
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HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes (G16)
The destroyer HNLMS Tjerk Hiddes was a British built, Dutch warship of World War II.
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Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam
Jacob, Banner Lord of Wassenaer, Lord Obdam, Hensbroek, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Zuidwijk and Kernhem (1610, The Hague – 13 June 1665 off Lowestoft) was a Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral, and supreme commander of the confederate Dutch navy.
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Johan Evertsen
Johan Evertsen (1 February 1600 – 5 August 1666) was an admiral who was born in the 17th century.
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Karel Doorman-class frigate
The Karel Doorman class is a class of eight multi-purpose frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.
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Northern Wars
Northern Wars is a term used for a series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe in the 16th and 17th century.
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (17 December 1619 – 29 November 1682) was a noted German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century.
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Royal Netherlands Navy
The Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine, “Royal Navy”) is the navy of the Netherlands.
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Second Anglo-Dutch War
The Second Anglo-Dutch War (4 March 1665 – 31 July 1667), or the Second Dutch War (Tweede Engelse Oorlog "Second English War") was a conflict fought between England and the Dutch Republic for control over the seas and trade routes, where England tried to end the Dutch domination of world trade during a period of intense European commercial rivalry.
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Sexbierum
Sexbierum (Seisbierrum) is a village in the municipality of Waadhoeke, in the central north of the Netherlands.
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St. James's Day Battle
The naval St James' Day Battle (also known as the St James' Day Fight), the Battle of the North Foreland and the Battle of Orfordness) took place on 25 July 1666 — St James' day in the Julian calendar then in use in England (4 August 1666 in the Gregorian calendar), during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. It was fought between fleets of England, commanded jointly by Prince Rupert of the Rhine and George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and the United Provinces commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. In the Netherlands, the battle is known as the Two Days' Battle.
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Van Speijk-class frigate
The Van Speijk-class frigates were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1960s.
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Vlissingen
Vlissingen (Zeelandic: Vlissienge; historical name in Flushing) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjerk_Hiddes_de_Vries
