Joris Pieters van den Broeck (1610 – 27 August 1652) was a
Frisian sailor in the service of the
Admiralty of Friesland.
Service
In the days before the
Battle of the Downs,
Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp had chosen a position off the coast near
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. On receiving Broeck's report on it, Tromp decided to attack and in the ensuing battle Broeck was sent to
Calais
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to bring back new supplies of gunpowder to the Dutch fleet. Having done so, Broeck rejoined the fleet and managed to capture a 140-man 18-gun Spanish galleon.
On 18 October 1640 he captured an 8-gun 72-man
Dunkirker frigate and sail it back into
Dokkum, followed in May 1642 by his capture of some small Dunkirker vessels and an 80-man 12-gun Dunkirker frigate. In August 1642 he forced a 14-gun enemy frigate to run aground and captured a 140-man 20-gun frigate. In the
battle of Plymouth
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on 26 August 1652 he commanded the ''De Westergo'' in the squadron of
Michiel de Ruyter (and was, apart from de Ruyter, the highest-ranking officer present), but he died in the evening after the battle of disease.
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1610 births
1652 deaths
Dutch naval personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars
Dutch sailors
People from Friesland