Jan Jansz. van Nes

Jan Janszoon van Nes served the Admiralty of the Maze. He was born in Rotterdam on 26 April 1631 and died there on 6 June 1680. He commanded in the following battles:

• the Battle of the Sound in 1658,
• the Four Days Battle and the St. James's Day Battle in 1666,
• the Raid on Chatham in 1667,
• the Battle of Solebay in 1672,
• the two Schooneveld battles in 1673, and
• the Battle of the Texel in 1673

He was promoted to Lieutenant onn 16 January 1652. On 10 December 1659, he was promoted to captain. On 24 February 1666, he was promoted to Schout-bij-Nacht. On 24 October 1673, he was promoted to Vice-Admiral. This is from Luc Eekhout's book, Het Admiralenboek.