Enno Doedes Star

Enno Doedes Star (

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1631 – Wirdum 1707) was a Dutch admiral. Star was born in

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, an area just outside the

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that, however, in the 17th century had close religious and linguistic ties with it. He started his career in the Dutch Navy in 1658 when he took service with the

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in the rank of extraordinary captain. For three years he had convoy duty in

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, protecting Dutch merchantmen from Portuguese privateers during the Dutch-Portuguese War. In 1661 and 1664 he commanded the supply ship ''Groene Kameel'', supporting the Dutch Mediterranean Fleet. This fleet, under command of Vice-Admiral

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, towards the end of 1664 was ordered to execute a punitive expedition against English possessions in West-Africa, after the British had captured Dutch trading posts there. After defeating the English, De Ruyter crossed the Atlantic to raid English colonies in the Americas. Upon his return to the Republic in the summer of 1665, it transpired that the

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had formally broken out. Star was promoted to full captain. In 1666 Star commanded the ''Gouden Leeuw'' of sixty cannon, a ship of the

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, the Dutch East Indies Company, during the

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and the St. James's Day Battle. In the latter fight the vice-admiral of the

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, Rudolf Coenders, was killed. The

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had the right to choose a successor; on 13 December 1666 on commendation of De Ruyter they appointed Star. As the commander of the Frisian Fleet, Lieutenant-Admiral Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, had been killed also, Star functioned as acting lieutenant-admiral until the appointment of Lieutenant-Admiral

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on 16 March 1667. Star in 1667 participated in the

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, in the later phases of the campaign commanding a squadron blockading

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, using as flagship the ''Groningen'' of seventy cannon. In 1672, during the

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, Baron van Aylva became an infantry general and would never return to sea. Star thus again functioned as acting commander of the Frisian Fleet during the

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, fighting in 1672 during the

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and in 1673 during the

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and the

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, still on the ''Groningen''. In 1678 he commanded part of the auxiliary fleet supporting Spain against France. Star's last campaign was during the

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when he in 1691 commanded a squadron in the Anglo-Dutch fleet operating in the

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. That year he retired, still in the rank of vice-admiral. Star around 1652 married with Reynouw Gaickinga and had three children, a daughter and two sons. After the death of his first wife he remarried with Cornelia Pars, born in

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. At his retirement he settled in his estate, or ''

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'', Bolhuis at Wirdum in

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, where he deceased in 1705 or 1707. {{DEFAULTSORT:Star, Enno Doedes 1631 births 1707 deaths Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic Dutch naval personnel of the Second Anglo-Dutch War Dutch naval personnel of the Third Anglo-Dutch War People from Aurich (district) Dutch military personnel of the Nine Years' War