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Maarten Tromp Biography and Timeline

Follow Maarten Tromp through 19 dated historical records for Netherlands.

Maarten Tromp, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1652

Plymouth Convoy Interception Tromp

Dutch admiral · Plymouth · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp was a Dutch admiral in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. 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

Plymouth Squadron Combat Tromp

Dutch admiral · Plymouth · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp was a Dutch admiral in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. The engagement developed into hard fighting between English vessels and the Dutch escort with neither side losing a major warship.

Role range: 1652-1654

Plymouth Convoy Passage Tromp

Dutch admiral · Plymouth · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp was a Dutch admiral in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. After the clash the English returned to Plymouth while the Dutch convoy was able to continue its passage westward.

Role range: 1652-1654

Dungeness Convoy Strategy Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Dungeness · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet 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

Dungeness English Fleet Clash Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Dungeness · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet 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

Dungeness Channel Control Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Dungeness · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet 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

1653

Death of Maarten Tromp

Lieutenant Admiral · Scheveningen · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Tromp is killed fighting the English fleet commanded by Monck and other generals at sea.

Role range: 1652-1654

Portland Fleet Engagement Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · English Channel · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. 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

Portland Convoy Protection Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · English Channel · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The fighting centred on Dutch merchant shipping returning through the Channel and the opposing effort to intercept its naval escort.

Role range: 1652-1654

Portland Battle Aftermath Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · English Channel · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. 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

Harwich Eastern Channel Operations Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Harwich · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp was a Dutch fleet commander 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

Harwich North Sea Fleet Movement Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Harwich · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp was a Dutch fleet commander 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

Harwich Gabbard Campaign Context Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Harwich · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp was a Dutch fleet commander 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

Gabbard First Day Fighting Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Gabbard Bank · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet commander 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

Gabbard Second Day Engagement Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Gabbard Bank · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet commander 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

Gabbard Dutch Fleet Retreat Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Gabbard Bank · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet commander 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

Scheveningen Fleet Battle Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Scheveningen · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet 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

Scheveningen Command Crisis Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Scheveningen · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet 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

Scheveningen Blockade Consequences Tromp

Dutch fleet commander · Scheveningen · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Maarten Tromp served as a Dutch fleet 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

Records, sources and methodology

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