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Rear admiral of Zealand. He took part in the battle on the Slaak in 1631 and fought and defeated the pirates in Dunkirk 1639 he beat a Portuguese fleet in the battle of Duis and was appointed lt-admiral in 1664. 1666 he was killed in the battle against the English admiral Monk in the 2. Anglo-Dutch war.
One of Johan Evertsen's greatest personal incidents
At the Battle of Dungeness, on 10 December 1652, two English ships, the Garland and teh Anthony Bonaventure had come alongside Lt-Admiral Maarten Tromp's flagship, the Brederode, and might have taken the Brederode. At the critical moment, Johan Evertsen had his flag captain, Adriaan Bankert, take their ship, the 120ft long Hollandia (36 or 38 guns) alongside and together, Tromp and Evertsen took the Anthony Bonaventure (36 guns), and then took the Garland. Tromp had originally engaged the Garland, thinking that his 54 gun ship outmatched the 44 gun ship. When the Anthony Bonaventure came alongside, unexpectedly, that upset his calculations, and was being pressed hard. On page 230 of The First Dutch War, Vol.III, Johan Evertsen, in his journal, describes the action. The Dutch had lost Dirk Juynbol's ship, the Schiedam, which was destroyed when its gunpowder had caught fire. < http://.com/ur.php> < http://.com/ur.php> < http://bookmonn.com/ur.php>