Cort Sivertsen Adeler (16 December 1622- 5 November 1675), known in Denmark as Coort Sifvertsen Adelaer, in The Netherlands as Koert Sievertsen Adelaer and in Italy as Curzio Suffrido Adelborst, is the name of honour given to Kurt Sivertsen, a Norwegian seaman, who rendered distinguished service to the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, the Dutch navy, and also to the Republic of Venice against the Turks.
He was born in Brevik, Norway, the son of a shipp...
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Cort Sivertsen Adeler (16 December 1622- 5 November 1675), known in Denmark as Coort Sifvertsen Adelaer, in The Netherlands as Koert Sievertsen Adelaer and in Italy as Curzio Suffrido Adelborst, is the name of honour given to Kurt Sivertsen, a Norwegian seaman, who rendered distinguished service to the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, the Dutch navy, and also to the Republic of Venice against the Turks.
He was born in Brevik, Norway, the son of a shipper. At the age of fifteen he took service with the Dutch navy; in 1639 he fought under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp at the Battle of the Downs. In 1642 he was first mate on the Grote St. Joris, a Dutch ship hired by the fleet of Venice as the San Georgio Grande. Sivertsen called himself Adelborst in this period, a Dutch name meaning "cadet". In 1645 he became captain of the San Georgio and entered full Venetian service. In 1650 the San Georgio became a flagship and Sivertsen therefore flagcaptain. In an action against the Turkish fleet on...
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