Dutch Captain: Jan Roetering

Jan Roetering served the Admiralty of Amsterdam. In 1652-1653, he commanded the Utrecht (32 guns). He was operating in the Mediterranean Sea, although was not present at the Battle of Livorno. He and Jan Richewijn (in Ter Goes) had been sent as convoyers to the Mediterranean, having received their orders on 26 July 1652. In July 1654, he commanded the Maagd van Enkhuizen (34 guns). In 1656, he commanded the Star (30 guns) on the expedition sent to Danzig under Jacob van Wassenaer's command. In 1659, he commanded the Burg van Leiden (40 guns) under De Ruyter's command in the expedition sent to the Baltic. In 1667, he commanded the Oosterwijk (62-64 guns), and took part in the raids on Chatham and Harwich. In May 1672, he commanded the Steenbergen (68 guns). Sources:

1. R. C. Anderson, "The First Dutch War in the Mediterranean," The Mariner's Mirror, Vol.49, No.4, November 1963.

2. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.IV, 1910.

3. Gerard Brandt, Het Leven en Bedrijif van den Heere Michiel de Ruiter, 1687.

4. Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.I, 1898.

5. Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.II, 1900.