Sea Battles in Which It Participated
Between 1596 and 1792 the Admiralty of Friesland participated in several sea battles, usually as part of a confederate fleet from the five different Dutch Admiralties, the Zeeuwse, Friese, Westfriese, Amsterdam and the Rotterdamse. In a few cases, it participated in international coalitions. In some sea battles the Frisian Admiralty opted out; sometimes because it was too late to join in, and sometimes because it did not have sufficient funds to raise a fleet, as in most battles of the Third Anglo-Dutch War (since Friesland and Groningen were already under attack from the bishop of Münster, Bernhard von Galen).
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A few ships of the former Frisian Admiralty fought in the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, under the flag of the Batavian Republic.
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