Claude de Roux, chevalier de Saint-Laurent was a French soldier, a chevalier of the Knights Hospitaller, who was governor of the colony of Saint Christophe on Saint Christopher Island from 1666 to 168
English attempt to retake Saint Christophe in 1667
Abraham Crijnssen
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Abraham Crijnssen was a Dutch naval commander, notable for capturing the English colony in Suriname in 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, resulting in the establishment of a long-term colony unde
Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent
…famine. In an effort to relieve the blockade La Barre and the governor of Martinique, Robert de Clodoré combined their forces with the Dutch commander Abraham Crijnssen. The Franco-Dutch fleet sailed for Nevis, and engaged the English in the Battle of Nevis (20 May 1667). La Barre caused a retreat through his incompetence…
A port bow view of Kortenaer-class frigate HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen tied at the refueling pier.