Dutch Captain: Hendrik Visscher

The first time that we have seen Hendrik Visscher mentioned was as captain of the Jonge Prins (62 guns) in Jan Meppel's division at the St. James's Day Battle. He served the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier. I just looked through the lists in Brandt and saw that he was with the fleet on 23 June 1672. I had missed that the first time I had examined the lists. He was in Banckert's squadron at the Battle of Solebay, and commanded the Wapen van Medemblik (46 guns). At the Schooneveld battles in 1673, he again commanded the Wapen van Medemblik (now 44 guns). For these battles, he was in De Ruyter's squadron. At the Battle of the Texel, we assigned to Jan de Liefde's division. Hendrik Visscher was killed in this battle. Sources:

1. R. C. Anderson, Journals and Narratives of the Third Dutch War, 1946.
2. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1620-1700", 2004.
3. Gerard Brandt, Het Leven van den Heere Michiel de Ruiter, 1687.
4. J. R. Bruijn, De Oorlogvoering ter Zee in 1673 In Journalen en Andere Stukken, 1966.