Dutch Captain: Roemer Vlak (or Vlacq)

Oddly enough, although he served as a temporary flag officer, Luc Eekhout omits any mention of Roemer Vlak from Het Admiralenboek. Mollema's "Honor Roll" also omits him from the list. The main information that I have about Roemer Vlak is originally from Brandt's biography of De Ruyter. He served the Admiralty of Amsterdam. In 1671, he commanded a ketch (Kits?) with 6 guns and a crew of 12 men. In 1672, he commanded the small frigate Postiljon (24 guns). He fought in the Battle of Solebay, where his ship suffered 2 killed, 5 severely wounded, and 4 lightly wounded. He was assigned to De Ruyter's squadron in the battle. The dimensions of the Postiljon were 100ft x 24.5ft x 10.25 ft. In July 1672, her crew was 78 men. In 1673, he commanded another small frigate, the Brak. The Brak was armed with 22 or 24 guns. Her crew at the Schooneveld battles wes 83 sailors and 17 soldiers. The Brak was built in 1666 and her dimensions were 103.5ft x 25ft x 10.5ft. He apparently fought in the Battle of the Texel, as well. In 1674, he commanded the fluit Opperdoes, which had 16 guns. She was used as transport in the De Ruyter's expedition to Martinique. I checked my various sources, and I don't have anything which describes Roemer Vlak's later career. Andrew says that Roemer Vlak lived from 1637 to 1703. In 1676 to 1677, "he was a temporary vice-admiral in Binckes's squadron in the Caribbean Sea and commanded the ship Huis van Kruiningen (50 guns). He fought with distinction at the Battle off Tobago (3 March 1677). He commanded (as rear-admiral) the convoying squadron (3 ships) at the Biscayen Gulf in 1703 and was defeated and killed in the battle against the French squadron (May 1703)." Thanks to Andrew for this good information.