Dunkirkers
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During and after the Dutch Revolt, the Dunkirkers or Dunkirk Privateers were commerce raiders in the service of the Spanish monarchy and later the Kingdom of France. They operated from the ports of th
Dutch warships under Witte de With fighting against Dunkirkers off Nieuwpoort in 1640
Jean Bart boards a Dutch vessel at the Battle of Texel
The Bombardment of Dunkirk by a combined Anglo-Dutch fleet, 1695
Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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Piet Pieterszoon Hein was a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War. Hein was the first and the last to capture a large part of a Spanish treasure fleet which t
Dunkirkers
…tried to break out or when Dutch warships tried to destroy the privateers in their harbours. During one of these Dutch attacks, the Dutch folk hero Piet Pieterszoon Hein, famous for capturing a Spanish treasure fleet, was killed. The Dutch declared the Dunkirk privateers pirates in 1587; captains of Dutch naval vessels…
1629 portrait
The arrival of Piet Hein in Holland, 1629