Berend Jacobsen Karpfanger
Berend Jacobsen Karpfanger (1623 - 11 October 1683) was a German
Career
Karpfanger was born in Hamburg in 1623 into a seafaring family with Dutch roots.[2] He inherited a fleet of ships from his father, captaining these and scoring significant successes in fighting piracy. His fleet of ships expanded as he commandeered the ships he captured.
In 1674, he rose to the rank of admiral, becoming a Convoykapitän. This title was given to those captains of
Karfanger was with the ship on 10 October 1683. On that day, while the ship was in the port of
Legacy
Karpfanger was buried with honor at the cemetery in Cadiz, with a monument ordered at his tomb in his honor by Charles II of Spain. In 1808 the French moved the cemetery to make room to expand the fortress.
In 1897 Hamburg honoured Karpfanger with a monument designed by R Okelmann. In 1937 the Hamburg America Line bought the barque l'Avenir and renamed it Admiral Karpfanger in his honour.
Notes
- ^ Erik Verg (1977). Das Abenteuer, das Hamburg heisst. Hamburger Abendblatt. p. 80.
- ^ Geschichte, Verein für Hamburgische (1882). Mittheilungen. p. 2.
Additional sources
- Ernst Baasch: Hamburgs Convoyschiffahrt und Convoywesen. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Schiffahrt und Schiffahrtseinrichtungen im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert, Hamburg 1896
- Reinhold von Werner: Admiral Karpfanger. Eine Erzählung aus Hamburgs Vorzeit, München 1899.
- Oskar G. Foerster: Admiral Karpfanger. Vom heldischen Leben und Sterben eines deutschen Seemannes, Berlin 1941.
- Ulrich Komm: Mit Breitseite und Enterbeil. Militärverlag der DDR 1971 (Roman unter Beachtung der historisch belegten Fakten)
- Wolfgang Quinger: 'Wappen von Hamburg' I. Ein Konvoischiff des 17. Jahrhunderts, Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 1980.