Admiral Andries Hartsinck at first proves himself…

August 1781 CE

Admiral Andries Hartsinck at first proves himself highly reluctant to risk his fleet.

However, political pressure to venture outside the safety of the Texel roadstead mount and several cautious attempts are made to capture British convoys, or escort Dutch convoys.

In one of these forays in August 1781, an unusually strong squadron under admiral Johan Zoutman and his second-in-command, rear-admiral Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, encounters a British squadron of about equal strength under admiral Hyde Parker in the Battle of Dogger Bank, which ends in a tactical draw.

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