Ka cika wannan jumla: Maarten Tromp wani jami'i ne kuma daga baya ya zama janar a rundunar sojan ruwa ta Netherlands. A cikin 1639, yayin gwagwarmayar Holland don samun 'yancin kai daga Spain, Tromp ya ci nasara da babban rundunar jiragen ruwa na Spain da ke zuwa Flanders a
Yaƙin Downs, yana nuna 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.