This is an ongoing discussion about 17th Century naval wargaming (really, 1620-1720). Part of what is offered are scenarios for games: orders-of-battle, ship lists, battle descriptions, and scenarios for Age of Sail II-Privateers Bounty (a sailing warfare computer simulation/game), suitable scaled for that environment. Copyright (c) 2003-2004 James C. Bender
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Dutch Naval Officer: Lodewijk Craft
Lodewijk Craft was the Graaf van Nassau-Saarbrücken. He lived from March 28, 1663 until February 14, 1713. He was an officer of the infantry. He volunteered for the navy in 1683 commanded the fleet that took Willem III to England in 1688. He served the Admiralty of Amsterdam. He was a kapitein extra-ordinarie in 1688. He was appointed as a kapitein-ter-zee in 1689. On January 2, 1696, he was promoted to Schout-bij-Nacht. He left the service in 1697. This is based on the short biography in Luc Eekhout's Het Admiralenboek.
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