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Engelbertus Lucas Sr.

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1747 – 1797

17501760177017801790Coalition Wars · 1792-1815Battle of Saldanha Bay — August 17, 1796 · Batavian Republic · Coalition Wars

Active service 1796 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 49.

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Schout-bij-nacht Engelbertus Lucas Sr. was a Dutch naval officer. On 17 August 1796 during the War of the First Coalition, he surrendered a Batavian Navy squadron under his command to the Royal Navy in the capitulation of Saldanha Bay.

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