HAMILTON, ANDREW [SSNE 290]

Surname

HAMILTON

First name

ANDREW, ANDREAS

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

NORWAY?

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Andrew Hamilton is listed as a captain in Danish service in 1676, who came from Norway on Gyldenlove's recommendation. He had served in Holland, and was sent to the Danish section of the navy. In 1678, he was chief of the frigate Gluckstadt, and later for the warship Churprintzen. In 1679 he was on the 'Spraglede Flak', and later he sought dismissal as he had inherited land and returned to Scotland. In 1684 he again entered service as a captain on Churprintzen. He later sailed to America, and is known to have been in the East and West Indies. In 1687 he sought lieutenant captainship of the ship 'Hechten'.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.89.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, DUTCH NAVY? DUTCH EAST INDIES

Arrived 1675-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1675-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL

DENMARK-NORWAY, NAVY

Arrived 1676-08-05, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1679-09-15, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL

STUART KINGDOMS, STUART ARMY IN SCOTLAND

Arrived 1679-09-15, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1684-07-30, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, NAVY

Arrived 1684-07-31, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1687-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL

UNKNOWN, AMERICA, EAST INDIES, WEST INDIES

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL