Maarten Tromp
Dutch naval hero and innovative tactician of the Eighty Years' War and First Anglo-Dutch War.
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He was born in Brielle, the Netherlands, and baptized on 3 May 1598.[1] During the later part of the Eighty Years' War and the entire First Anglo-Dutch War, Maarten Tromp held the position of supreme commander of the Dutch fleet.[2] For most of that period, Tromp is generally regarded as the finest Dutch naval commander.[2]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 23 April 1598
- Died
- 31 July 1653
- Birthplace
- Brielle, Dutch Republic
- Place of death
- Brederode, off Scheveningen, Dutch Republic
- Burial place
- Oude Kerk, Delft
- Nickname
- Bestevaêr
- Birth name
- Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp
- Allegiance
- Dutch Republic
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Tromp first went to sea at age nine aboard his father's ship, part of a Dutch fleet blockading Dunkirk and the Spanish coast.[3] After supporting his family by working in a Rotterdam shipyard, Tromp went to sea again at 19 but was captured by Barbary corsairs in 1621.[4] He remained a slave until age 24, when the Bey of Tunis allowed him to leave as a free man in 1622.[4] Tromp joined the Dutch navy as a lieutenant in July 1622 and became a captain in 1624.[2]
He was appointed full captain in 1629 and later became Lieutenant-Admiral of Holland and West Frisia in 1637.[5][6] He was killed by an English sharpshooter during the Battle of Scheveningen on 31 July 1653.[7] In 1610, after a navy reorganization led to his father's discharge, the Tromp family was sailing to Guinea on their merchantman when a squadron of seven ships under English pirate Peter Easton attacked them; during the fight, a cannonball killed Tromp's father.[8]
What the cited sources add
The account of Tromp's capture by pirates and his father's death is supported by Vere's 1955 work and Wijn's 1997 work.[8] The British Civil Wars Project essay provides details on Tromp's time as a slave and his release in 1622.[4]
References
- Wikipedia, "Maarten Tromp" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wijn, 1997, p. 37 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maarten Tromp" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Konstam, 2011, p. 30; Vere, 1955, p. 42; Historiek, essay; British Civil Wars Project (BCW), Essay; Vere, 1955, p. 43 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maarten Tromp" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wijn, 1997, p. 37; Historiek, essay; Encyclopedia Britannica, essay; British Civil Wars Project (BCW), Essay (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maarten Tromp" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: British Civil Wars Project (BCW), Essay (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maarten Tromp" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vere, 1955, p. 47; British Civil Wars Project (BCW), Essay (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maarten Tromp" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wijn, 1997, p. 42; Mets, 1902, p. 128; Hinds (ed.), 1864, v. xxiv, p. 328 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maarten Tromp" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: BCW, 2010, Essay (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Maarten Tromp" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Historiek, essay; Vere, 1955, p. 28; Wijn, 1997, p. 39 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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