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"Intaminus Fulget Honoribus: Admiral de Ruyter" Topic
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Editor in Chief Bill ![Workbencher Fezian](boards/icons/workbencher.gif) | 28 May 2024 4:23 p.m. PST |
The Second Anglo-Dutch War was nearing its end when Lieutenant Admiral of Holland and Commander in Chief of the Dutch Navy Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter sailed into the Thames Estuary with a fleet of 24 ships-of-the-line, 20 smaller vessels, and 15 fireships in early June 1667… Naval History Magazine: link |
79thPA ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 29 May 2024 6:04 a.m. PST |
I wasn't aware of that. Great story. |
DeRuyter | 29 May 2024 9:39 a.m. PST |
The stern of the captured Royal Charles can still be seen at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. |
Shagnasty ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 29 May 2024 11:24 a.m. PST |
Perhaps the Royal Navy's greatest humiliation. Thanks Charles II! |
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