She was named after Admirals Maarten Tromp and Cornelis Tromp. He was succeeded as supreme commander by Cornelis Tromp in 1679. The Dutch Ministry of Defence names Maarten Tromp and Cornelis Tromp as naval heroes. Cornelis Tromp was a Commander in Chief of the Dutch and Danish navy. Rupert first made contact with the squadron of Cornelis Tromp. His father was Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp. He was the second son of Maarten Tromp and Dina Cornelisdochter de Haas. The armada was decisively defeated by Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp in the Battle of the Downs. De Ruyter proved his worth under the supreme commander lieutenant-admiral Maarten Tromp. Her secondary turrets neutralized a Japanese coastal artillery battery that had been engaging "Tromp". With had a lifelong rivalry with Admiral Maarten Tromp. Maarten Tromp was an officer and later admiral in the Dutch navy. In 1951, Father Tromp, a Dutch Jesuit, was appointed Apostolic Inspector with extensive powers. After realizing "Tromp" was a warship, the pirates fled. He would thus seem to have been the natural choice for a successor to Tromp.