WATT, JAMES CHARLES [SSNE 345]

Surname

WATT, DE WATT

First name

JAMES CHARLES, JACOB CARL

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

GENTRY

Education

Religion

Text source

Charles de Watt was engaged in Holland for Danish service. He was dismissed with a pension on 19/10/1655, but was to be ready for service. He served as the commander of 'De Wage' in the Great Belt on 27/2/1659, 'Lindormen' in 1665 and second in command of the 'Havhesten' between 1669-72 (bound for Tranquebar and Java).

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.96.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, NAVY

Arrived 1655-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1655-10-19, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL

 

Arrived 1659-02-27, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1662-05-01, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL

DENMARK-NORWAY, NAVY, DUTCH EAST INDIES

Arrived 1664-07-09, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1672-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL