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Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon de

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Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon de (1607-1676)

Dutch admiral who led his country's fleet in the wars against England. On 1-4 June 1666 he forced the British fleet under Rupert and Albemarle to retire into the Thames, but on 25 July was heavily defeated off the North Foreland, Kent. In 1667 he sailed up the Medway, burning three men-of-war at Chatham, and capturing others.
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