This is my translation of the passage about Hendrik Denijs from Mollema's "Honor Roll":
Hendrick Corneliszoon Denijs lived up until about 1640. He served the Admiralty of Amsterdam. He was a skipper in the Levant in 1624. He was promoted to captain in 1625 and Commandeur in 1639. In 1625, he served under Willem van der Leck (natural son of Prince Maurits). In 1627, he was in the blockade service under Van Dorp. In 1628, he was flag captain under Van Berchem before Dunkirk. In 1639, he was a commandeur under Tromp before Dunkirk and at the Downs, where he distinguished himself.
We know that in 1628, he commanded the ship Leiden (110 lasts). Later in 1628, he commanded the Gelderland, which was a larger ship of 200 lasts. The Gelderland carried 26 guns: 2-chambered 18pdr, 2-18pdr, 6-12pdr, 8-8pdr, and 8-5pdr. Her crew consisted of 90 sailors and 30 soldiers. A list from 1629 gives her size as only 180 lasts, pointing out the lack of consistent data from this period.
At the Battle of the Downs, Commandeur Denijs had a squadron of 8 ships to contain the Spanish fleet at the South end of the Downs. Cornelis Jol (alias Admiral Houtebeen) was at the North end with 7 ships. Witte de With's orders were to "contain" the English fleet with 34 ships including 4 fireships, if they made any move to aid the Spanish.
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