| August 20 THIS sunny August afternoon in 1672, the Prime Minister of Holland,
Johan de Witt, was attacked and murdered by a frenzied mob and after killing him they tried to eat him.
The CTF 151 staff embarked on RFA Fort Victoria coordinated the maritime interdiction supported by HMAS Melbourne and ROKS Wang Geon from CTF 151, European Union flagship HMLMS
Johan de Witt, and a Seychelles-based maritime patrol aircraft from Luxembourg.
Last week, it hosted the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, onboard the Dutch Eunavfor flagship, HNLMS
Johan de Witt.
Malta is also adding to the EU mission this month, sending a 12-strong vessel protection unit from the country's special forces, which will be based on the Dutch warship
Johan de Witt.
Johan De Witt, an inspector of marine and coastal management said: "According to the witnesses, it was a very big shark, it was a very big one you know.
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Johan de Witt was one of Holland's greatest statesmen.
Meanwhile, the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) performed the final series of sea trials with the HNLMS
Johan de Witt LPD before the vessel is formally commissioned.
The Dutch leader at the time was
Johan de Witt (1625-1672), who with his brother, Cornelis de Witt (1623-1672), had been running the republic since 1653.
His sympathies lie with Jean-Baptiste Colbert,
Johan de Witt, Frederick the Great, Sir Robert Walpole, and Alexander Hamilton.