Dutch Captain: Nicolaas Naalhout

Nicolaas Naalhout served the Admiralty of the Maze (Rotterdam). In August 1665, he commanded the 44 gun ship Batavia (148 sailors and 46 soldiers). He fought in the Four Days Battle in June 1666, where he commanded the frigate Harderwijk (32 guns). For the Four Days Battle, he was assigned to Aert van Nes's division. At the St. James's Day Battle, he was assigned to Jan de Liefde's division. He commanded the Harderwijk up through 1667. He seems to have taken part in the Raid on Chatham and the Raid on Harwich. He fought in the Battle of Solebay in 1672, where he was assigned to Lt-Admiral Banckert's squadron. He commanded the 60-gun ship Schieland during 1672. 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 James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1620-1700", 2004.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. Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.