Dutch Captain: Dirck Bogaart

Dirck Bogaart served the Admiralty of Amsterdam. At the beginning of the war, he commanded the Juffrouw Catharina (24 guns and a crew of 80 men). His was one of the ships taken by Blake's fleet on July 22, 1652, while convoying Dutch fishing busses off the coast of England. The he Rotterdam fireship captain Willem Willemszoon Bondt reportedly saw the Juffrouw Catharina arrive in Stavanger on August 6, under an English prize crew. Dirck Bogaart was with Van Wassenaer's expedition to Danzig in 1656. He commanded the Westfriesland in that operation. In 1658, he also commanded the Westfriesland (26 guns and a crew of 104 men) at the Battle of the Sound. Sources:

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

2. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol. VI, 1930.

3. Dr. Carl Ballhausen, Der Erste Englisch-Höllandische Seekrieg 1652-1654, 1923.

4. Johan E. Elias, Schetsen uit de geschiedenis van ons zeewezen, Vol.II, 1923.

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

6. G. L. Grove, Journalen van de Admiralen Van Wassenaer-Obdam (1658/59) en De Ruyter (1659/60), 1907.