Jacob van der Windt (baptized September 15, 1745 – October 15, 1792), also spelled van der Wint, from Vlaardingen was the skipper on the herring buss "De Roode Roos", owned by ship owner Assendelft de Coningh (1747–1803). Because of the outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784) he sailed from Vlaardingen on December 29, 1780, to the fishing fleet of Vlaardingen en Maassluis at the Dogger Bank. Thanks to this warning journey, only a few ships were attacked by the English. The bulk of the fleet returned safely.