Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577–1629), Dutch naval commander and folk hero
In 1628, Admiral Hein, with Witte de With as his flag captain, sailed out to capture a Spanish treasure fleet loaded with silver from their American colonies and the Philippines.
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Sixteen Spanish ships were intercepted; one galleon was taken after a surprise encounter during the night, nine smaller merchants were talked into a surrender; two small ships were taken at sea fleeing, four fleeing galleons were trapped on the Cuban coast in the Bay of Matanzas.
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After some musket volleys from Dutch sloops the crews of the galleons also surrendered and Hein captured 11,509,524 guilders of booty in gold, silver, and other expensive trade goods, such as indigo and cochineal, without any bloodshed.
Piet Mondrian | Piet Hein | Birgit Hein | Piet Pieterszoon Hein | Hein-Direck Neu | Zwarte Piet | Piet Hein (Denmark) | Michael P. Hein | Hein Vergeer | Hein Verbruggen | Hein Mevissen | Tony Piet | The painting, ''Travellers attacked by brigands'' by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem | Piet Zwart Institute | Piet van Heerden | Piet Uys | Piet Oudolf | Piet Kramer | Piet Joubert | Piet Cronjé | Piet Cronje | Moe Hein | Lee Hein | Jon Hein | Jeppe Hein | Jan Pieterszoon Coen | Hein ter Poorten | Hein Heckroth | Hans Hein Theodor Nysom | Franz Hein |
Having made admiral by 1628, Lonck, in the service of the Dutch West Indies Company, joined Admiral Piet Hein in the Battle in the Bay of Matanzas, a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch squadron was able to defeat and capture a Spanish treasure fleet.