Naval Officer. Admiral Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen defeated a Turkish fleet in the Black Sea while serving in the Russian Navy for Catharine the Great of Russia in 1773. While fighting the Russo-Turkish War, he was shot in the knee. He received the title "Hero of the Black Sea". After returning to Holland, he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, becoming a hero at Battle of Dogger Bank in 1781. He created a naval academy in Elburg and an orphanage in Apeldoorn. On November 20, 1816, he received the royal writ from King William I of the Netherlands that he had beeb promoted to jonkheer, the lowest rank of nobility in Holland. He has been honored with Dutch ships being named for him along with streets. A man before his time, he attempted to modernized the Navy, and wrote many books about naval organization, discipline and tactics.
Naval Officer. Admiral Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen defeated a Turkish fleet in the Black Sea while serving in the Russian Navy for Catharine the Great of Russia in 1773. While fighting the Russo-Turkish War, he was shot in the knee. He received the title "Hero of the Black Sea". After returning to Holland, he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, becoming a hero at Battle of Dogger Bank in 1781. He created a naval academy in Elburg and an orphanage in Apeldoorn. On November 20, 1816, he received the royal writ from King William I of the Netherlands that he had beeb promoted to jonkheer, the lowest rank of nobility in Holland. He has been honored with Dutch ships being named for him along with streets. A man before his time, he attempted to modernized the Navy, and wrote many books about naval organization, discipline and tactics.
Bio by: Linda Davis
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