Capture of Sint Eustatius
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The British Capture of Saint Eustatius took place in February 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War when British Army and naval forces under Lieutenant-General Sir John Vaughan and Admiral George Rod
An engraving of the capture of St. Eustatius.
Fort Oranje
The looting of the island causing great excitement. Rodney is called Nero and General Vaughan was compared to Caligula. (Dutch engraving)
Recapture of Sint Eustatius, 1781
Willem Krul
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Schout-bij-nacht Willem Krul was a Dutch States Navy officer who served in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. Born and raised in the Hague, Krul joined the Dutch East India Company and made a voyage to Batav
Capture of Sint Eustatius
…The lone Dutch man-of-war was no match for the three British ships and, after a fierce 30-minute pounding, the mortally wounded commander, Rear-Admiral Willem Krul, while dying, ordered his captain to lower the flag. Eight of the Dutch crew were killed. Krul was taken back to St. Eustatius where he was buried with…
Portrait by Johann Ernst Heinsius, 1770
Krul's death during the action of 4 February 1781
Naval battle of Captain Krul against three English ships Engraving by Carl Frederik Bendorp, 1781
Willem Krul by Cornelius van Rodenburgh, 1808