Joris Andringa (1635 – May 28, 1676) was a Dutch naval officer.

Career

Andringa served the Admiralty in

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and

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. In 1664 and from 1665 to 1666 he served as Secretary to

Michiel de Ruyter Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (; 24 March 1607 – 29 April 1676) was a Dutch admiral. Widely celebrated and regarded as one of the most skilled admirals in history, De Ruyter is arguably most famous for his achievements with the Dutch N ...

in the

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and

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. In 1673 he was wounded in the

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and was promoted to captain. On December 15, 1673, the

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voted, in a Secret Resolution, to appoint Joris Andringa Governor of New Netherland to succeed

Anthony Colve Anthony or Anthonij Colve ( fl. 1667-1695) was a Dutch naval captain and the Director-General of New Netherland during a brief restoration of Dutch rule in New Netherland (roughly present-day New York and New Jersey). Career Colve was likely inv ...

. Before Andringa could arrive in

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, the Treaty of Westminster of 1674 was signed, ending the

Third Anglo-Dutch War The Third Anglo-Dutch War ( nl, Derde Engels-Nederlandse Oorlog), 27 March 1672 to 19 February 1674, was a naval conflict between the Dutch Republic and England, in alliance with France. It is considered a subsidiary of the wider 1672 to 1678 ...

and handing New Netherland to

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. Colve remained in control until November 10, 1674, when power was formally transferred. On 17 June 1675 Andringa married De Ruyter's niece Margaretha van Gelder in Sloten near Amsterdam. At this event he was written to be "from

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".His brother Paulus Andringa is "from Schalkwijk" in a similar document at his own wedding in 166

so it is unsure that Groningen was necessarily Joris' birth place. Andringa's first (and only) command was of the ''Stad en Lande'' (50 pieces) in De Ruyter's fleet, and in 1675 he was sent to the Mediterranean Sea. In 1676, he fought the French navy in the battles near

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, including the

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and

Battle of Augusta The Battle of Augusta, also known as the Battle of Agosta and the Battle of Etna, took place on 22 April 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War and was fought between a French fleet of 29 men-of-war, five frigates and eight fireships under Abraham Du ...

, where De Ruyter perished. He died a month after De Ruyter, and four days before the

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, of dysentery in an epidemic that prevailed in the fleet.

Literature

*Geeraert Brandt, ''Het leven en bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter, hertog, ridder, &c. l. admiraal generaal van Hollandt en Westvrieslandt''. Amsterdam, 1687. *J.R. Bruijn, ''De oorlogvoering ter zee in 1673 in journalen en andere stukken''. Groningen, 1966. *J.C. Mollema, ''Geschiedenis van Nederland ter Zee''. Amsterdam, 1939-1942 (4 delen); hier in dl. 2.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andringa, Joris 1635 births 1676 deaths Directors of New Netherland Dutch naval personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars People from Groningen (city)

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