Isaac Sweers

Dutch naval commander (1622-1673)

Isaac Sweers

Sweers before 1673, by B. Vaillant

Born| (1622-01-01)1 January 1622
Nijmegen, Dutch Republic
Died| 22 August 1673(1673-08-22) (aged 51)
off Texel, Dutch Republic
Allegiance|  Dutch Republic
Branch| Admiralty of Amsterdam
Years of service| 1649–1673
Rank| Vice-admiral
Wars|

* First Anglo-Dutch War
* Battle of Portland
* Second Anglo-Dutch War
* Battle of the Sound
* Four Days' Battle
* St. James's Day Battle
* Third Anglo-Dutch War
* Battle of Solebay
* Franco-Dutch War
* Battle of Kijkduin †

Relations| Salomon Sweers (brother)

Isaac Sweers (occasionally Ysaack Sweerts; 1 January 1622 – 22 August 1673) was a 17th-century Dutch vice-admiral with the Admiralty of Amsterdam who fought in the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

HNLMS Isaac Sweers was a Gerard Callenburgh-class destroyer of the Royal Netherlands Navy, named after Sweers.

## Bibliography[edit]

* Bruijn, J. R., ed. (1966). "Dagregister van Isaäc Sweers". De oorlogvoering ter zee in 1673 (in Dutch). Groningen: Wolters. pp. 106–155. OCLC 780639117.
* Herman, H. (1921). "Sweers, Isaac". Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (in Dutch). Vol. 5\. Leiden: Sijthoff. pp. 850–851. OCLC 277609365.
* Van der Aa, A. (1874). "Sweerts, Ysaack". Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden (in Dutch). Vol. 17\. Haarlem: Brederode. pp. 1113–1114. OCLC 312812085.

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