Naval Operations, 1652-1673; with Observations by Captain Richard Haddock.
| Year. | Mo. | D. | Observations. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1652 | June[a] | 19 | Fight in Downes between English and Dutch. | Genˡ Blake comanded. Fight to the wᵗward off Dover. |
| Sept. | 5 | French fleet beat by English | Genˡ Blake comanded. | |
| Nov. | 15[] | Blake worsted by Dutch. | True; and retired to the Buoy of the Nore over the Flats. | |
| Feb. | 18, 19, 20 | Fight near Portland. Dutch beaten. | True. Blake, Deane, and Monck. Genˡ Blake and Deane in the Tryumph; Monk in the Vanguard. Blake wounded. | |
| English worsted in Levant by Dutch. | True. Capᵗ Rᵈ Balilo commanded. | |||
| June | —[c] | Dutch beaten. | Deane and Monk Genˡˢ. Deane killed. | |
| ’53 | July | 29, 30 | Fight between English and Dutch.[d] | True. Dutch beaten. Genˡ Monk only comanded. Trump killed, and his flag shot down. |
| ’64 | Dec. | 30[e] | Fleet off Portsmouth took 112 Dutch prizes. | True. Brought into Portsmᵒ and afterwards made prizes. |
| ’65 | Aprˡ | 20 | De Ruyter attempted Berbadoes; and beaten. | True. |
| May | 30 | Hamburgh fleet taken by Dutch. | True. Were taken with their convoy. | |
| June | 3 | Dutch beaten by yᵉ Duke, and 30 capitˡ ships taken and destroyed. | True. Opdam then blown up; the rest taken and burnt. | |
| Aug. | 16 | Dutch Smerna Streights East India ships attacqu’d by Rʳ Admˡ Tiddiman[f] in Bergen. | True; and was forced away by the Danes and Dutch, who landed ther guns contrary to, the concert between the two Crowns of England and Denmark.[g] | |
| Sept. | 4 | 2 East India and sevˡ merchᵗ ships taken by E. of Sandwich. | True; and two men-of-war then taken by Sprag in the Rˡ James, formerly called the Richard. | |
| ” | 9 | 18 sˡ of Dutch beaten, and greatest part taken. | True. | |
| Feb. | 8 | Dutch chas’d into Weilings by Myngs[h]. | True. | |
| ’66 | June | 1 | Duke Albemᵃ engaged 90 sˡ of Dutch on coast of Flanders. | Fought 3 days. Then came Prince Rupert in the Rˡ James, wᵗʰ the squadron wᶜʰ had been to the westwᵈ to look out for Beaufort from Toulon. Were sent for back. Yᵉ 3ᵈ day, Sonday, on our retreat, the Rˡ Prince was lost on the Galliper; set on fire. The Swiftsure taken by the Dutch. The 4ᵗʰ day both fleets retird: Prince Rupert and Duke of Albemarle to the Nore, the Dutch to their own coast. |
| ” | June | 4, 5, 6 | Dutch beaten. | |
| ” | July | 25, 26 | Dutch beaten by Prince Rupert and Dᵏ Albemarle. | The Dutch run home to their harbours. |
| ” | Augᵗ | 7 | Sʳ Rᵗ Holmes burnt 150 Dutch in yᵉ Fly. | True. Sʳ Rᵗ Holmes went in the Tyger wᵗʰ the Dragon and some fireships and ketches. Burnt 3 men of war that were in the Fly amongst the number. Afterwards burnt the town of Brandros[] before he went out. |
| ” | Dec. | 25 | Robinson[j] took and destroyed 3 Dutch men of warr near yᵉ Texell. | True. It was in his return from Gottenburgh, whither he was sent to convoy home a great fleet laden with naval stores. |
| 1667 | April | 30 | Dutch attempted Burnt Isleand in Scotland and beaten of. | True, I beleive. |
| ” | June | 11[k] | 12 Dutch taken and 2 sunck near Norway. | True. |
| ” | June | 20 | Rich Dutch East India ship, 74 guns, taken. | True. Taken by Sʳ Jeremy Smyth in his sayling about Scotland to Ireland. |
| ” | June | 25 | Sʳ Jno. Harman wᵗʰ 16 Engl. men of warr engaged 30 French near Martinego; burnt and destroyed most of them. | True. |
| ” | 26 | 8 Dutch prizes with masts and deals taken. | True, I beleive. | |
| ” | July | 19 | Dutch attemptᵈ Torbay, but beaten off. | True. |
| ” | 23 | 23 Dutch make up yᵉ Thames. | ||
| ” | July | 24 | Fought by Spragg near yᵉ Hope and retire. | True. He forc’t ’em out of the River, after having burnt and taken 12 sayle of their fireships; and we lost but one of our 12. So forct them down the King’s channel below the Middle,[l] having but 6 men of war and 12 fireships. Sʳ Joseph Jordain came from Harwich in a smal man of war with sevˡ colliers made fireships. We rode then at Lee Road.[m] Dutch at the Nore. Wind blew hard easterly. Did no execution on the Dutch. |
| ” | Augᵗ | 3 | De Ruyter attempts yᵉ Virginia fleet. | True, but did no execution on yᵐ. |
| ” | 24 | Six Engl., cruiseing northwᵈ, fought a squadron of Dutch and took 3. | I beleive it true, but know not of it. | |
| ’71 | May | 10 | 10 Algerines burnt at Bugia by Sʳ Ed. Spragg. | True. The boom was first cut by Capt. Harman,[n] that comanded the boats. |
| ” | July | 5 | Sʳ Christophʳ restor’d by the French. | |
| ’72 | Mar. | 14 | Sʳ Rᵗ Holmes fought yᵉ Dutch refusing to strike. | True; but ’twas not for refusing to strike. |
| ” | May | 28 | Fight wᵗʰ yᵉ whole Dutch Fleet off Southwold bay. | True. In that fight the Rˡ James was burnt, after she had quitted herself of Brackel,[o] a Dutch 70 gun ship, that lay athwort her hawse, which she took; and being disabled gave opportunity of a fireship clapping her aboard. |
| ” | Dec. | 20 | Tobago Island taken from yᵉ Dutch. | True. |
| ’72 | Dec. | 31 | Sᵗ Hellena taken by yᵉ Dutch. | True. |
| ’73 | May | 6 | Sᵗ Hellena retaken by Capt. Monday. | True. |
| ” | May | 28 | Engl. Fleet engage yᵉ Dutch and force them to retreat. | True. Fought in yᵉ Schonvelt. |
| ” | June | 4 | 2ᵈ engagemᵗ wᵗʰ yᵉ Dutch on yᵉ coast. | True. Fought yᵉ Dutch on yʳ coast, but stood over to our own all that battle. The next morn we tackt on the Dutch: but they stood away for their own coast; and we stood back and came to the Nore after 2 battles in eight days. |
| ” | Aug. | 11 | 3ᵈ victory against yᵉ Dutch by Pʳ Rupert. | Fought the Dutch; but no great victory. The French declined fighting, and fleet retired to the Nore some time after. Sʳ Edwᵈ Sprag then drownd. Rˡ Prince’s mainmᵗ shot down; had like to have been burnt. |
[a] A mistake for May.
[] On the 29th November. It was after this action that Van Tromp hoisted the broom at his mast-head.
[c] On the 2nd and 3rd June, off the North Foreland.
[d] Off the Dutch coast.
[e] Before declaration of war, in retaliation for attacks by the Dutch on the colonies.
[f] Sir Thomas Tiddiman, or Teddiman.
[g] The Governor of Bergen not having yet received the instructions from his Government and refusing to admit the English fleet.
[h] Sir Christopher Mings; died of wounds received in the action of 1st June.