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
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
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
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…War, in which Admiral of the White Sir George Rodney was subsequently sent to Sint Eustatius in 1781 to neutralize this trade. Shortly after he had captured Sint Eustatius, lying only 50 miles north of British Saint Kitts, Rodney learned that a convoy of 30 Dutch merchantmen richly laden with sugar and other commodities…
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