Follow Michiel de Ruyter through 27 dated historical records for Netherlands.
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Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The English fleet sought to intercept the Dutch merchant convoy west of Plymouth as the Dutch escort moved to shield the merchantmen.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The engagement developed into hard fighting between English vessels and the Dutch escort with neither side losing a major warship.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. After the clash the English returned to Plymouth while the Dutch convoy was able to continue its passage westward.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch naval commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. Dutch sea operations near Dungeness followed an effort to protect merchant traffic through the Channel during the First Anglo Dutch War.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch naval commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. Tromp and Blake led the opposing fleets in a battle near Dungeness that resulted in an English retreat after fierce fighting.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch naval commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The Dutch success temporarily improved the passage of merchant shipping through the English Channel before the campaign resumed.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch flag officer in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. The three day battle near Portland pitted Dutch convoy escorts against an English fleet and culminated in heavy damage to Dutch warships.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch flag officer in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. The fighting centred on Dutch merchant shipping returning through the Channel and the opposing effort to intercept its naval escort.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch flag officer in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. The Dutch escort preserved part of its merchant convoy although the English fleet gained the advantage in the three day engagement.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch admiral during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. The naval operations off the English east coast formed part of the campaign that culminated in the Battle of the Gabbard near the Suffolk coast.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch admiral during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. The fleets manoeuvred in the southern North Sea as England and the Dutch Republic contested maritime communications in June 1653.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch admiral during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. Sources associate the June 1653 engagement with the Gabbard and North Foreland rather than establish an independent major battle at Harwich.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch officer in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. On the opening day English and Dutch squadrons fought near the Gabbard shoal while the English made effective use of sustained gunnery.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch officer in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. On the following day renewed English pressure and additional warships contributed to a major Dutch reversal in the North Sea.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch officer in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The Dutch fleet withdrew after losses in the two day battle, allowing English forces to intensify pressure on Dutch shipping.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The opposing English and Dutch fleets engaged off Scheveningen in the final major naval battle of the First Anglo Dutch War.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The death of Maarten Tromp during the engagement seriously disrupted Dutch command while fighting continued across the fleets.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The severe Dutch losses contrasted with the strategic importance of ending the immediate pressure of the English blockade on coastal shipping.
Role range: 1652-1654
Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch admiral in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. Dutch East India merchantmen were sheltered in Bergen harbour when an English squadron mounted its attack.
Role range: 1665-1667
Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch admiral in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. Danish Norwegian shore batteries intervened in the engagement and helped prevent the English from seizing the Dutch convoy.
Role range: 1665-1667
Michiel de Ruyter was a Dutch admiral in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. After a costly exchange of fire the English attacking force withdrew and the Dutch ships remained in the harbour.
Role range: 1665-1667
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The Dutch fleet attacked the Anglo French force near Sole Bay before the allied commanders could fully exploit their strength.
Role range: 1672-1674
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The hard fought action involved close engagements among capital ships including the loss of the English flagship Royal James.
Role range: 1672-1674
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. Although both sides claimed successes the Dutch attack disrupted allied operational plans and prevented an easy invasion attempt.
Role range: 1672-1674
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The Dutch under de Ruyter fought an Anglo French fleet near the Schooneveld banks on 7 June 1673 Gregorian reckoning.
Role range: 1672-1674
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. A second engagement on 14 June 1673 saw Dutch forces again resist the larger Anglo French fleet off the coast.
Role range: 1672-1674
Michiel de Ruyter served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The two actions helped deny the allied fleet the command of coastal waters necessary to support an invasion of the Netherlands.
Role range: 1672-1674
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