Lieutenant-Admiral Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer by Bartholomeus van der Helst, painted 1660.

Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer or Egbert Meussen Cortenaer (1604–13 June 1665) was an admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. His second name is also given as Bartolomeuszoon or Meeuwiszoon. Download high resolution version (700x719, 62 KB)Lieutenant-Admiral Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer by Bartholomeus van der Helst, painted 1660. ... Download high resolution version (700x719, 62 KB)Lieutenant-Admiral Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer by Bartholomeus van der Helst, painted 1660. ... Self-portrait, painted 1655 Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613–1670) was a Dutch portrait painter. ... Events January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 - Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War March 6 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society begins publication March 16 - Bucharest allows Jews to settle in the city in exchange of annual tax of 16 guilders June 3 - The Duke of York defeats the Dutch Fleet off the... The word admiral comes from the Arabic term amir-al-bahr meaning commander of the seas. ... This article is about the Dutch United Provinces. ...

Kortenaer was born in 1604 in Groningen of humble origins. In 1626 he was made boatswain, in 1636 constable. In the First Anglo-Dutch War he served in 1652 on the Dutch flagship, Brederode. In the Battle of Dungeness he lost his right hand and eye. On 10 April 1653 he was made commodore to replace flag captain Abel Roelants when Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp used Brederode as his flagship. In the Battle of Scheveningen Tromp was killed. Kortenaer kept Tromp's standard raised to keep up morale (this was habitual for the Dutch on such occasions) and took command of his squadron. On 21 October 1653 Kortenaer was promoted to captain. In the years after the war he often commanded squadrons as commodore when flag officers were absent. Groningen can refer to: A province of the Netherlands. ... Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Note that Bosun, spelled that way, is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet Tupolev Tu-14 bomber. ... Events February 24 - King Christian of Denmark gives an order that all beggars that are able to work must be sent to Brinholmen Island to build ships or as galley rowers March 26 - Utrecht University founded in The Netherlands. ... The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. ... Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... Brederode off Hellevoetsluis by Simon de Vlieger Brederode was a 56-gun ship of the navy of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, the flagship of the Dutch fleet in the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... The Battle of Dungeness was a naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War fought on 10 December 1652 near the cape of Dungeness in Kent. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Commodore has several meanings: Commodore International is a computer company Commodore 64 and Amiga were home computers Commodore (rank) is a naval rank Commodore (yacht club) is the senior officer of a yacht club The Holden Commodore is a type of car The Opel Commodore is a type of car... In the Royal Navy a Captain of the fleet could be appointed to assist an admiral when the admiral had ten or more ships to command. ... Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, 1597–1653, after an engraving by Jan Lievensz. ... The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ...

In the Battle of the Sound (8 November 1658), serving as flag captain on Eendragt, he beat off every Swedish attack while his commanding officer Lieutenant-Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam was debilitated by gout. After this heroic conduct against the Swedish, Kortenaer was promoted to Vice-Admiral on 8 May 1659 and knighted by Frederick III of Denmark in the Order of the White Elephant. On 29 January 1665, shortly before the Second Anglo-Dutch War, he was made Lieutenant-Admiral of the Admiralty of the Maas. He wasn't given command of the confederate Dutch fleet because he was a supporter of the House of Orange. November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who has plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross from Sweden to Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by Thomas Browne September... Eendracht or Eendragt (Unity or Concord) was the usual flagship of the navy of the United Provinces between 1655 and 1665. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Frederick III (March 28, 1609 — February 19, 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War March 6 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society begins publication March 16 - Bucharest allows Jews to settle in the city in exchange of annual tax of 16 guilders June 3 - The Duke of York defeats the Dutch Fleet off the... The Royal Prince and other vessels at the Four Days Fight, 11–14 June 1666 by Abraham Storck depicts a battle of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. ... The Principality of Orange The title originally referred to the sovereign principality of Orange in southern France, which was a property of the House of Orange (from 1702 Orange-Nassau). ...

During the Battle of Lowestoft on 13 June 1665 Kortenaer commanded the van and was second in overall command behind van Wassenaer. He was killed early in the battle on Groot Hollandia and buried in Rotterdam in a marble grave memorial engraved by a poem of Gerard Brandt: The Battle of Lowestoft, 13 June 1665, showing HMS Royal Charles and the Eendracht by Hendrik van Minderhout, painted c. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War March 6 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society begins publication March 16 - Bucharest allows Jews to settle in the city in exchange of annual tax of 16 guilders June 3 - The Duke of York defeats the Dutch Fleet off the... Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. ...

The Hero of the Maas, bereft of eye

and his right hand

Yet of the Wheel the Eye

Fist of the Fatherland

KORTENAER the Great, the terror

of foe's fleets

the forcer of the Sound by this grave

his country greets

Several ships of the Dutch navy have been named Kortenaer after the admiral, including the World War II destroyer HNLMS Kortenaer. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... This article is about the warship. ... The HNLMS Kortenaer was an Admiralen class destroyer. ...