Dutch Captain: Poppe Binckes

Poppe Binckes (or Foppe) served the Admiralty of Amsterdam. He may have fought in the Battle of the Gabbard. We only see him mentioned in the summer of 1653, when he commanded the three-masted yacht Brak (18 guns) and fought in the Battle of Scheveningen. Jan Admirael had commanded the Brak at the Battle of the Gabbard. There is a van de Velde picture online that shows the Brak's sistership, the Windhond, in action, near the flagship Brederode. In 1652, and possibly into early 1653, Pieter van Zalingen had commanded the Brak. The last we read of him is from a document that is probably from March 1653. On 13 December 1653, Poppe Binckes was involved with convoying merchant ships in the Sound. When he arrived at Gothenburg, he gave heart to the merchant captains who had hope of more warships arriving to convoy them. Sources:

• C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.IV, 1910.
• C.T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.V, 1912.
• Johan E. Elias, Schetsen uit de geschiedenis van ons zeewezen, Vol.V, 1928.
• Johan E. Elias, Schetsen uit de geschiedenis van ons zeewezen, Vol.VI, 1930.
• Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.I, 1898.
• Dr. S.R. Gardiner, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.II, 1900.