biography
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Tromp, Maarten (Harpertszoon)
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| lived:
| (1598–1653)
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| biography:
| Dutch admiral, born in Brielle, W Netherlands. In 1637 he became lieutenant-admiral of Holland and West Friesland. In 1639 he defeated a superior Spanish fleet off Gravelines, and won the Battle of the Downs later that year by means of a brilliant strategy. Knighted by Louis XIII of France (1640) and by Charles I of England (1642), he then fought the French pirates based at Dunkirk, while his encounter with Blake in 1652 started the first Anglo-Dutch War. Victorious off Dover, he was defeated by a superior English fleet off Portland, and finally off Ter Heijde, near Scheveningen, where he was killed. He wrote a famous work about naval strategy, the Consideratiën, and his basic strategy for sea battles remains a model for sea warfare. |
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