Global InformationBerend Jacobsen Karpfanger information
Berend Jacobsen Karpfanger (1623 - 11 October 1683) was a German admiral of the Hamburg Admiralty known for fighting pirates.[1] He was the captain of the convoy ships Leopold I and Wapen von Hamburg, which defended merchant ships from the pirates of the North African Barbary Coast.
- ^ Erik Verg (1977). Das Abenteuer, das Hamburg heisst. Hamburger Abendblatt. p. 80.