Jan de Haes Admiralty of the Maze Born : Married : Died : 1666 beheaded Details: nephew of vice-admiral Witte de With 1652 8-1 to 29-8 commander of the hired ship Beer 24 guns crew of 86 men 1653 8 August commander of the English prize Rosenkrans. The ship was almost burned down. The crew mostly went over to an English ship. He brought the ship back to Goeree with a skeleton crew. 1654 He commanded the Prins Hendrik (1653) in the Channel 1656 19 november He commanded the Vrede (1654) in the Channel 1657 He is not still in service of the Admiralty of the Maze 1658 25 sept He commanded the Gelderland (1634) in a fight with privateers 1659 In the Sont with the Schiedam (16??) (according to A. Vreugdenhil). 1666 He detained captains and threatened them with death. He was caught, taken, and condemned to death. (he was extorting merchant and fishing captains) In September 1666, he was beheaded (!)
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Friday, July 29, 2005
Dutch Captain: Jan de Haes
Mr. Carl Stapel sent me this information about Jan de Haes. I have done some translation to English:
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