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  Michiel de Ruyter
De Ruyter was born in Flushing and became a sailor at the age of 11 in 1618.
De Ruyter was fatally wounded in a battle against the French fleet near Messina in Sicily in 1676.
De Ruyters' flagship 'The Seven Provinces' is being rebuilt in Dutch town Lelystad.
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 Michiel de Ruyter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
De Ruyter was born in 1607 in Flushing (Vlissingen), son of a beer porter, and became a sailor at the age of 11 in 1618.
In 1633 De Ruyter set sail for Jan Mayen Island serving as first mate on a fleet of five to hunt for whales; he did the same in 1634 and 1635; at this point he probably did not yet have a command of his own.
De Ruyter was highly respected by his sailors and soldiers, who used the term of endearment Bestevâer ("Granddad") for him, both because of his disregard for hierarchy (he was himself of humble origin) and his refusal to back away from risky and bold undertakings despite his usually cautious nature.
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 Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (March 24, 1607 - April 29, 1676) is the most legendary admiral in Dutch history.
De Ruyter was highly respected by his sailor soldiers, because of his dislike of hierarchy (himself being of humble origin), while at the same time not shying away from bold decisions.
De Ruyters' flagship 'The Seven Provinces' (http://www.bataviawerf.nl/gangway.htm) is being rebuilt in Dutch town Lelystad.
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 Michiel de Ruyter: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
De Ruyter fought the English (English: An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) in the first three Anglo-Dutch Wars (Anglo-Dutch Wars: the anglo-dutch wars were fought in the 17th and 18th century18th centuries between...
De Ruyter was born in Flushing (Flushing: flushing (dutch vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern...
De Ruyters' flagship is being rebuilt in Dutch town Lelystad (Lelystad: lelystad is a municipality and a city located in the centre of the netherlands,...
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 The Council of War on Board 'De Zeven Provincien', the Flagship of Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, on 10 June 1666 by ...
De Ruyter was born in Flushing port in 1607, and first went to sea when he was only eleven years old.
De Ruyter was employed by the Admiralty, in Zeeland in 1652 and in Amsterdam a year later.
De Ruyter was killed at Syracuse in 1676, and was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam.
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 De Ruyter class cruiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The De Ruyter class was a class of light cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after the famous Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
Her main battery (7 150mm guns) was underpowered in comparison to other light cruisers of the time (for example the British Leander class), and the class had inadequate armour as well.
De Ruyter was sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1941.
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 goDutch.com :: Zeeland hometown plans extensive De Ruyter commemorations in 2007
De Ruyter, whose early childhood ‘wheel-turning job’ at a local rope-maker through a popular ditty is imbedded in the minds of most Dutchmen, as a cabin boy went to sea at the tender age of eleven.
In 1641, De Ruyter became captain of a warship and was appointed Rear Admiral of a fleet commanded by Arnout Gysels.
De Ruyter sailed to England in June 1667, in a scheme to destroy the British Navy in its homeport of Chatham.
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 Michiel de Ruyter
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (24 March 1607 - 29 April 1676) is one of the most famous admiral in Dutch history.
De Ruyter was born in 1607 in Flushing, son of a beer porter, and became a sailor at the age of 11 in 1618.
In 1650 De Ruyter's wife, who in 1649 had given him a second son named Engel, unexpectedly passed away.
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 USS De Ruyter, Ship History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Michiel de Ruyter was born in 1607 to Adriaan de Ruyter (Adriaanszoon means 'Son of Adriaan') in Vlissingen, in the province 'Zeeland' of the Republic of the Netherlands.
Perhaps the greatest deeds of Admiral de Ruyter to safeguard Holland's sovereignity was in the 3rd Anglo-Dutch Wars in 1673, also known as the 'Rampjaar' (Year of Disaster) to the Republic when it faced attacks from Prussia from the East, France in the South and the combined British/French fleet from the West.
De Zeven Provinciën' (the name of the flagship of Admiral de Ruyter in his Journey to Chatham) construction was halted on order of the German army.
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 Michiel de Ruyter - Simple English Wikipedia
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (1607 1676) was a famous Dutch admiral.
De Ruyter fought the English in the three Anglo-Dutch Wars and scored several huge victories.
He won amongst others the Four Days Battle and the Raid on Medway, close to London, the English capital.
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 Vlissingen - Michiel de Ruyter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Michiel de Ruyter was born in 1607 and soon after, his seafaring blood started itching.
However in the same year the first naval war with Britain started and de Ruyter was approached by Zeeland’s admiralty.
Michiel left for Amsterdam and eventually became vice-admiral of Holland and Amsterdam.
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 Ruyter, Michiel de - Rijksmuseum
de Ruyter came from a humble family in Vlissingen.
In 1622, while still a gun servant, De Ruyter escaped from a Spanish prison.
During a naval encounter with the French off Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea in April 1676 De Ruyter was wounded.
www.rijksmuseum.nl /aria/aria_encyclopedia/00047950?lang=en   (170 words)

  
 Michiel de Ruyter: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
De Ruyter fought the English (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries)
De Ruyter was born in Flushing and became a sailor at the age of 11 in 1618, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
De Ruyters' flagship is being rebuilt in Dutch town Lelystad (Lelystad is a municipality and a city located in the centre of the netherlands, and it is the capital...)
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 Michiel F.E. van Reenen - Michiel Adriaensz. de Ruyter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
De Ruyter was born march 27th, 1607 in Flushings as the son of a beerbearer's assistant.
After the battle of Lowestoft in 1667 De Ruyter was promoted lieutenant-admiral.
In 1676 the famous seafaring icon was killed in a clash with the French navy.
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 Michiel de Ruyter - TheBestLinks.com - De Ruijter, Africa, Amsterdam, April 29, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
De Ruijter, Michiel de Ruyter, Africa, Amsterdam, April 29, England, Guinea...
In the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654) De Ruyter proved his worth under Admiral Maarten Tromp, winning the Battle of Plymouth.
De Ruyters' flagship 'The Seven Provinces' (http://www.bataviawerf.nl/en/7provincien.html) is being rebuilt in Dutch town Lelystad.
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 The Golden Circle - Discover The Golden Circle - Times gone by - Michiel de Ruyter
He was born in Vlissingen; at the tender age of eleven he took to the seas, penniless.
By the age of 24 he reached the rank of first officer and he was only 29 when he became commander of a privateer and the money started rolling in.
At the Batavia Yard in Lelystad Michiel de Ruyter's ship "The Seven Provinces" is being reconstructed at the moment.
www.holland.com /goudencirkel/gb/discover/timesgoneby/ruyter.html   (107 words)

  
 Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruijter Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
De Ruyter's popularity had grown after his heroic return and he instead was made commander of the Dutch fleet on 11 August 1665, as Lieutenant-Admiral of the Amsterdam admiralty.
He took command of a combined Dutch-Spanish fleet and fought a French fleet under Duquesne twice to a draw at the Battle of Stromboli and the Battle of Agosta were he was fatally wounded when a cannonball hit both his legs.
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 Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch Admiral - Timeline Index
Although he planned to settle with his family in Amsterdam, Michiel accepted the job as vice-commander in the navy.
In 1653, de Ruyter became vice-admiral of Holland.
Tromp was born in Rotterdam, the son of Admiral Maarten Tromp and Dignom Cornelis de Haes.
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 The Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Maritime Mastery of Michiel de Ruyter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Maritime Mastery of Michiel de Ruyter
Spanish Armada, in the 1590s; even as Spain, beset by inflation and corruption, declined as a great power in the mid-1600s, the English fleet was consistently outmatched by the extraordinary competence of the Dutch commanders, de Ruyter in particular.
Scharfaugende engineers—the technicians on the ground floor who constantly tweaked naval designs and ordnance capabilities, day-in and day-out— during that interim that the British were able to mature, by the late 1700s, into the world’s preeminent seafaring nation.
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 Image:Bol, Michiel de Ruyter.jpg - TheBestLinks.com - 1607, 1667, 1676, United Provinces, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain worldwide because the artist died more than 70 years ago.
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 Dutch Sailors and Ships of the 17th Century
De Ruyter severely damaged the Duke of York's flagship The Prince.
De Ruyter, Tromp, Piet Hein verrijzen uit hun graf,
De Ruyter, Tromp, Piet Hein rise from the grave,
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 AllRefer.com - Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter (Benelux History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter (Benelux History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter[mEkhEl´ A´drEAnsOn´´ du roi´tur] Pronunciation Key, 1607–76, Dutch admiral.
His life was spent in the Dutch mercantile and naval service.
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 BloodBowl - Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter
Michiel is a lineman of accountable quality, always prepared to give an assist or put his health on the line for the teams intrest.
In battle he might not be the greatest, his skill isn't briljant but his strenght all the more.
Michiel isn't agile or subtle, nontheless he is a player to be reckoned with and player which can excell if he needs to.
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 Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, 1607-76, Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces : Royal Observatory, Greenwich ...
Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, 1607-76, Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces : Royal Observatory, Greenwich : Royal Observatory Greenwich
Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter, 1607-76, Lieutenant-Admiral-General of the United Provinces
The background includes his flagship, the Zeven Provincien (Seven Provinces), and was probably painted by Willem van de Velde the Younger.
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 De Ruyter class Destroyer
The De Ruyter was the first large warship to be built by the European Nations in their effort to stay even with the United States.
As it is, only the De Ruyter was finished, but even then it was never commissioned.
The De Ruyter has 6 double laser turrets for both support of the plasma cannons and to be used against fighters, power armors, and missiles.
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