who was the flying dutchman??

Answer 1

The name of Davey Jones' ship.

Answer 2

The flying dutchman was a ship commanded by Davey Jones

Answer 3

The Flying Dutchman
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The Flying Dutchman by Albert Pinkham Ryder
For other uses, see The Flying Dutchman (disambiguation).
According to folklore, the Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship that can never go home, but must sail "the seven seas" forever. The Flying Dutchman is usually spotted from afar, sometimes glowing with ghostly light. If she is hailed by another ship, her crew will often try to send messages to land, to people long since dead.
Origins

Versions of the story are numerous. According to some, the story is originally Dutch, while others claim it is based on the English play The Flying Dutchman (1826) by Edward Fitzball and the novel The Phantom Ship (1837) by Frederick Marryat, later adapted into the Dutch story Het Vliegend Schip (The Flying Ship) by the Dutch clergyman A.H.C. Römer. Other versions include the opera by Richard Wagner (1841) and The Flying Dutchman on Tappan Sea by Washington Irving (1855).
According to some sources, the 17th century Dutch captain Bernard Fokke is the model for the captain of the ghost ship. Fokke was renowned for the uncanny speed of his trips from Holland to Java and was suspected of being in league with the devil to achieve this speed. According to some sources, the captain is called Falkenburg in the Dutch versions of the story. He is called Van der Decken (meaning of the decks) in Marryat's version and Ramhout van Dam in Irving's version. Sources disagree on whether "Flying Dutchman" was the name of the ship, or a nickname for her captain.
According to most versions, the captain swore that he would not retreat in the face of a storm, but would continue his attempt to round the Cape of Good Hope even if it took until Judgment Day. According to other versions, some horrible crime took place on board, or the crew was infected with the plague and not allowed to sail into any port for this reason. Since then, the ship and its crew were doomed to sail forever, never putting in to shore. According to some versions, this happened in 1641, others give the date 1680 or 1729.
Many have noted the resemblance of the Flying Dutchman legend to the Christian folk tale of the Wandering Jew.
Terneuzen in the Netherlands is called the home of the legendary Flying Dutchman, Van der Decken, a captain who cursed God and was condemned to sail the seas forever, as described in the Frederick Marryat novel The Phantom Ship and the Richard Wagner opera.

Answer 4

Do you mean "what" was the Flying Dutchman? If so, it's the name of Davey Jones Ship.

Answer 5

The flying dutchman can mean several different things.

In the Pirates of The Carribean, it is the Pirate Jack Sparrow's beloved ship.

In many legends, it is the most dreaded pirate ship.

It can also refer to the Dutch airline, KLM.

Hope this helps!
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Answer 6

That guy in Denmark who jumped off a bridge.