Honour - Lowestoft 1665 |
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Description |
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 | |||
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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 | ||
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Desire | Diamond | Dolphin | Dover | Dragon |
Drake | Dreadnought | Dunkirk | ||
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Eagle | Eaglet | Edward and Eve | Essex | Exchange |
Expedition | ||||
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Fairfax | Fame | Forester | Fountain | |
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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 | ||||
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Isabella | ||||
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James | Jersey | John (i) | John (ii) | John and Abigail |
John and Katherine | John and Thomas | |||
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Katherine | Kent | King Ferdinando | ||
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Leopard | Lion | Little Sampson | London | Loyal George |
Loyal Merchant | ||||
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Madras | Marmaduke | Martin | Mary | Maryland Merchant |
Mary Rose | Mermaid | Milford | Monck | Montagu |
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Newcastle | Nightingale | Nonsuch | Norwich | |
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Old James | Oxford | |||
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Pembroke | Plymouth | Portland | Portsmouth | Prince |
Princess | Providence | Prudent Mary | ||
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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. |