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Pieter Melvill

vice admiralDutch Republic1 battle1 war

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1743 – 1826

1750177518001825Fourth Anglo-Dutch War · 1780-1784Action of 30 May 1781 — May 30, 1781 · Dutch Republic · Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

Active service 1781 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 38.

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Vice-Admiral Pieter baron Melvill van Carnbee was a Dutch naval officer and politician who served in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Battles (1)

Last verified June 2026
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