Dutch Republic

Alternate Names

• 1795/01/19 Batavian Republic
• 1806/06/05 Kingdom of Holland
• 1815/03/15 United Kingdom of the Netherlands

Wars

• Eighty Years War (1568 - 1648)
• Dutch/Portuguese War (1602 - 1661)
• Danish-Swedish War (1643 - 1645)
• The First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654)
• The Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665 - 1667)
• The Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672 - 1674/02)
• Franco-Dutch War (1672 - 1678)
• Scanian War (1675 - 1679)
• The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780 - 1784)
• Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780 - 1784)
• Java War (1825 - 1830)
• War of the Grand Alliance (1688 - 1697)

National operators

• Admiralty of Amsterdam (666 ships)
• Admiralty of the Maze (434 ships)
• Admiralty of Friesland (103 ships)
• Admiralty of Zealand (215 ships)
• Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier (156 ships)
• VOC Amsterdam (130 ships)
• VOC Rotterdam (42 ships)
• VOC Zeeland (25 ships)
• VOC Hoorn (12 ships)
• VOC Medemblick (3 ships)
• VOC Enkhuizen (8 ships)
• VOC Monnickendam (1 ship)
• VOC Edam (1 ship)
• VOC Harlingen (12 ships)
• Private Owners (57 ships)
• VOC Flushing (1 ship)
• Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie (2 ships)
• State Navy (424 ships)

National Rates

•   First Charter (80-0)
•   Second Charter (70-78)
•   Third Charter (60-68)
•   Fourth Charter (50-58)
•   Fifth Charter (40-48)
•   Sixth Charter (32-44)
•   Seventh Charter (20-30)
•   Eighth Charter (0-19)

Ship count by Category

• First Rate (19 ships)
• Second Rate (59 ships)
• Third Rate (221 ships)
• Fourth Rate (358 ships)
• Fifth Rate (242 ships)
• Sixth Rate (244 ships)
• Unrated (624 ships)
• Merchantman (125 ships)
• Hired Vessel (338 ships)
• Privateer (56 ships)
• Other Vessels (6 ships)

Personnel count by Role

• Sailor (1,240 people)
• Designer (1 person)
• Ship Owner (0 people)
• Privateer (3 people)
• Pirate (2 people)
• Ship Builder (80 people)
• Other (1 person)
• Administrator (1 person)
• Marine (4 people)
• Soldier (3 people)
• Merchant Sailor (1 person)

• Coromandel - Geographic Area
    → 1608-1825 Dutch Coromandel
• + Dutch India - Political or Economic Union
  • Coromandel - Geographic Area
      → 1608-1825 Dutch Coromandel
  • Dutch Ceylon - Geographic Area
  • Dutch Malabar - Geographic Area
• + Mauritius - Island
    → 1638-1710 Mauritius
    → 1715-1810 Île de France
    → 1810-1968 Mauritius
  • Port Louis - Port
• + Netherlands - Geographic Area
  • Drenthe - Province
  • + Friesland - Province
    • + Harlingen - Port
      • Harlingen Navy Yard - Naval Dockyard
    • Lemmer - Port
  • Gelderland - Province
  • Gouda - City
  • Groningen - Province
  • + Holland - Province
    • + Amsterdam - Port
      • Amsterdam Naval Yard - Naval Dockyard
      • Amsterdam, East India Dockyard - Private Shipyard
    • Brielle - Town
    • Delft - Port
    • Dordrecht - Port
    • Edam - Port
    • Enkhuizen - Port
    • Haarlemmermeer - Lake
    • Hellevoetsluis - Port
    • Hoorn - Port
    • Medemblik - Port
    • + Noorderkwartier - Geographic Area
      • Zaandam - Port
    • + Rotterdam - Port
      • Delfshaven - Port
      • Rotterdam Naval Yard - Naval Dockyard
    • Zuiderzee - Geographic Area
  • Overijssel - Province
  • Steenbergen - Town
  • Utrecht - Province
  • + Zeeland - Province
    • Borsele - Port
    • Brouwershaven - Port
    • + Middelburg - Port
      • VOC Shipyard - Private Shipyard
    • Reimerswaal - Port
    • Sluis - Port
    • Veere - Port
    • Vlissingen - Port
    • + Walcheren - Island
      • + Middelburg - Port
        • VOC Shipyard - Private Shipyard
      • Veere - Port
      • Vlissingen - Port
    • Zierikzee - Port
• + New York - Port
    → 1624-1664 New Amsterdam
  • New York Naval Shipyard - Naval Dockyard

Positions & Appointments

• Gouverneur-Generaal