Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Maarten Tromp ya kasance jami'in kuma daga baya admiral a cikin rundunar sojan ruwa ta Dutch. A shekara ta 1639, sa'ad da 'yan Holan suke neman 'yanci daga Spain, Tromp ya ci babban rundunar sojojin Spain da ke zuwa Flanders a Yaƙin Downs
, alama ce ta ƙarshen ƙarfin jirgin ruwan Mutanen Espanya. A cikin yakin farko, aikin 18 ga Satumba 1639, Tromp shine kwamandan jirgi na farko da aka sani da gangan don amfani da dabarun yaƙi. Babban jirginsa a wannan lokacin shine "Aemilia". A cikin Yaƙin Anglo-Dutch na farko na 1652<unk>1653 Tromp ya umurci rundunar jiragen ruwa na Dutch a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Dungeness, Portland, Gabbard da Scheveningen. A karshe daga cikin wadannan, an kashe shi da wani mai harbi a cikin rigging na jirgin William Penn. Kyaftin dinsa na flag, Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, ya ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin jirgin ruwa ta hanyar ba da alamar Tromp ba, yana nuna cewa Tromp yana da rai.