Cornelis Evertsen the Younger ( Flushing, 16 April 1628 – Flushing, 20 September 1679) was a Dutch Admiral from the 17th century. Cornelis was the son of Lieutenant-Admiral Johan Evertsen and the nephew of Lieutenant-Admiral

Cornelis Evertsen the Elder Cornelis Evertsen the Elder (4 August 1610 – 11 June 1666) was a Dutch admiral. Cornelis Evertsen the Elder was the son of Johan Evertsen and Maayken Jans; grandson of Evert Heindricxsen, a ''Watergeus'', both commanders of men-of-war of the na ...

. He is not to be confused with his cousin Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest. Cornelis became master on his father's flagship the ''Hollandia'' in 1648; in 1651 he was for a time in the rank of lieutenant acting captain on the same vessel. He became captain of the ''Vlissingen'' in 1652, during the

First Anglo–Dutch War The First Anglo-Dutch War, or simply the First Dutch War, ( nl, Eerste Engelse (zee-)oorlog, "First English (Sea) War"; 1652–1654) was a conflict fought entirely at sea between the navies of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces ...

. In 1653 he was wounded while being his father's flag captain in the

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. In 1659 he became a full captain. In 1661 he sailed in the

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as captain of the ''Delft''. In July 1665, after the

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during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, he was appointed Rear-Admiral with the Admiralty of Zealand. He fought on the ''Zierikzee'' in the Four Days Battle. He became Vice-Admiral of Zealand on 5 September 1666, the year in which his father and uncle were killed. He did not participate in the Raid on the Medway in 1667, because the Zealandic fleet wasn't ready in time. He fought in all battles of the Third Anglo-Dutch War on his flagship, the ''Zierikzee''. In the

Franco-Dutch war The Franco-Dutch War, also known as the Dutch War (french: Guerre de Hollande; nl, Hollandse Oorlog), was fought between France and the Dutch Republic, supported by its allies the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Brandenburg-Prussia and Denmark-Nor ...

he participated in the failed attack against

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in 1674 under De Ruyter. In 1676 he fought for Denmark under Admiral-General

Cornelis Tromp Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, ''Count of Sølvesborg'' (3 September 1629 – 29 May 1691) was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal Danish Navy. Tromp ...

, then the Danish supreme commander, against Sweden. And in 1678 he operated against the French fleet in the Mediterranean and before the French West coast. Cornelis was an educated man who twice married wives from wealthy families; he died of an illness in Flushing.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Evertsen, Cornelis The Younger 17th-century Dutch military personnel Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic Dutch naval personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars 1628 births 1679 deaths People from Vlissingen