Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen [SEP] native language
Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen
Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen (1 May 1735 – 24 May 1819), or Count of Doggersbank, was a Dutch naval officer. Having had a good scientific education, Van Kinsbergen was a proponent of fleet modernization and wrote many books about naval organization, discipline and tactics.
In 1773, he twice defeated an Ottoman fleet while in Russian service. Returning to the Dutch Republic in 1775, he became a Dutch naval hero in 1781, fighting the Royal Navy, and gradually attained the position of
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- Dooitze Eelkes Hinxt
- Frederick de Houtman
- Gerard Pietersz Hulft
- Abraham van der Hulst
- Pieter Ita
- Willem Janszoon
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- Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen
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- Mooy Lambert
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- Johan de Liefde
- Hendrick Lonck
- Engelbertus Lucas Jr.
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