[4] In the following year he was given command of the 92-gun ship of the line Keurvorst van Brandenburg, and was promoted to rear-admiral in the Admiralty of Rotterdam.

The following year, he commanded the Dutch squadron in the Allied fleet under English Admiral Sir George Rooke, which escorting a convoy of merchant ships, was attacked at the Battle of Lagos by a far bigger French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville.

In 1694, under Philips van Almonde, he took part in naval operations against the French and in 1695 he commanded the North Sea squadron.

[6] In 1704 he again assumed command of the North Sea Squadron which protected the Dutch herring fleets and defeated the Dunkirk Privateers.

[2][3] In 1706, he was transferred to the command of the Dutch Mediterranean squadron, again sailing in Beschermer, but soon died aboard his ship on 9 July 1707 at the mouth of the Var River, aged 56.