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Honour - Lowestoft 1665 |
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The battle was fought about 40 miles south-east of Lowestoft, on the Sussex
coast. Between an English Fleet of 109 ships commanded by James, Duke of
York, and a Dutch Fleet of 103 ships commanded by Admiral Van Wasenaer. The Dutch fleet had been conducting successful actions near the Dogger Bank at the end of May, capturing a convoy of 20 English merchant ships. After two days of manoeuvring, the two fleets engaged at 0400 hrs on 03-June when they passed each other on opposite tacks. The battle quickly degenerated into a vast general melee. During which the English slowly gained the upper hand and the Dutch gave way. The Dutch conducted a controlled withdrawal towards the Texel, and Maas estuary. Which they reached by late evening. But they had lost 32 ships, of which 9 were taken as prizes and the others burned or sunk. The English lost one ship (Charity) and a total of 283 killed and 440 wounded. The Dutch lost about 4,000 killed and 2,000 taken prisoner
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| Advice | Adventure | Amity | Anne | Antelope |
| Assistance | Assurance | |||
| B | ||||
| Batchelor | Bear | Bendish | Blackamore Merchant | Bonaventure |
| Bramble | Breda | Briar | Bristol | |
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| Castle Frigate | Centurion | Charity | Clove Tree | Coast Frigate |
| Colchester | Constant Catherine | Convertine | ||
| D | ||||
| Desire | Diamond | Dolphin | Dover | Dragon |
| Drake | Dreadnought | Dunkirk | ||
| E | ||||
| Eagle | Eaglet | Edward and Eve | Essex | Exchange |
| Expedition | ||||
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| Fairfax | Fame | Forester | Fountain | |
| G | ||||
| Garland | George | Gloucester | Golden Lion | Golden Phoenix |
| Guernsey | Guinea | |||
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| Hambro' Merchant | Hampshire | Happy Return (i) | Happy Return (ii) | Henrietta |
| Henry | Hind | Hopeful Margaret | Hopewell | Horseman |
| Hound | ||||
| I | To Top | |||
| Isabella | ||||
| J | ||||
| James | Jersey | John (i) | John (ii) | John and Abigail |
| John and Katherine | John and Thomas | |||
| K | ||||
| Katherine | Kent | King Ferdinando | ||
| L | ||||
| Leopard | Lion | Little Sampson | London | Loyal George |
| Loyal Merchant | ||||
| M | ||||
| Madras | Marmaduke | Martin | Mary | Maryland Merchant |
| Mary Rose | Mermaid | Milford | Monck | Montagu |
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| Newcastle | Nightingale | Nonsuch | Norwich | |
| O | ||||
| Old James | Oxford | |||
| P | ||||
| Pembroke | Plymouth | Portland | Portsmouth | Prince |
| Princess | Providence | Prudent Mary | ||
| R | To Top | |||
| Rainbow | Reserve | Resolution | Return | Revenge |
| Roe | Royal Charles | Royal Exchange | Royal James | Royal Katherine |
| Royal Oak | Royal Prince | Ruby | ||
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| St. Andrew | St. George (i) | St. George (ii) | Sapphire | Satisfaction |
| Seaflower | Sea Venture | Society | Success | Swallow |
| Swiftsure | Tiger | Triumph | Unicorn | |
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| Thomas and Rebecca | Two Sisters | |||
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| Vanguard | ||||
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| William and Mary | ||||
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| Yarmouth | York | Young Lion | ||
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This page last edited -
05 April, 2013.
Copyright © Ian M King, except where otherwise indicated. |
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