Dutch Captain: Gerrit Munt (or Munth)

Gerrit Munt served the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier. He started the First Anglo-Dutch War in command of the hired ship Huis van Nassau. Dr. Ballhausen says that he fought in the Battle off Dover on 29 March 1652. He served with the fleet in the summer of 1652 and sailed to the Shetlands in July and August with the fleet. There is an undated manuscript of similar date to that included in Thurloe (dated 22 June 1652). The document in Thurloe (reprinted in The First Dutch War, Vol.V) gives him as captain of the "Ganapan", which is, of course, a misreading of "Sampson". When you see the 17th Century Dutch handwriting for "Sampson", the resemblance is striking. The first time I saw "Sampson", I thought that I had found the reference to "Ganapan", although when I looked more closely, I found that the word was actually "Sampson". In the handwritten manuscript of similar date, Gerrit Munt was said to command the ship "Lastdrager". He may have fought in the Battle of the Gabbard, and almost certainly fought in the Battle of Scheveningen. Sources:

1. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.IV, 1910.
2. C.T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.V, 1912.
3. Dr. Carl Ballhausen, Der Erste Englisch-Höllandische Seekrieg 1652-1654, 1923.
4. James C. Bender, unpublished manuscript "Dutch Ships 1600-1700", 2005.
5. J. C. De Jonge, Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen, Vol.II, 1859