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Honour - SCHEVENINGEN 1653 |
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The action took place off the small harbour of Scheveningen. It was the last
naval battle of this war. About noon on the 29th July an English and Dutch fleet, each of about 100 ships, sighted each other near Texel. About 0700hrs on 31st July the engagement began and by 2000hrs the Dutch were beaten. The Dutch lost at least 14 ships, with 1,300 taken prisoner. The English lost two ships, about 250 killed and 700 wounded.
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| HM Ships | ||||
| Adventure (i) | Advice | Andrew | Assistance | Assurance |
| Bear | Black Raven | Centurion | Constant Reformation | Constant Warwick |
| Crescent | Crown | Diamond | Dolphin | Dragon |
| Duchess | Elizabeth | Essex | Expedition | Falmouth |
| Flying Renown | Foresight | George | Gift | Gift Major |
| Globe | Great Charity | Guinea | Half-Moon | Happy Entrance |
| Hound | Hunter | James | Kentish | Laurel |
| Little Charity | Lion | London | Marmaduke | Martin |
| Mary Prize | Mayflower | Mermaid | Merlin | Middleburg |
| Newcastle | Nonsuch | Norwich | Oak | Paulus |
| Pelican | Peter | Portland | Portsmouth |
President (or Great President) |
| Providence | Rainbow | Raven | Recovery | Renown |
| Resolution | Roebuck | Ruby | Sapphire | Speaker |
| Sophia | Sussex | Swan | Tiger | Triumph |
| Tulip | Vanguard | Victory | Violet | Waterhound |
| Worcester | ||||
| Hired Merchantmen | ||||
| Advantage | Adventure (ii) | Benjamin | Blossom | Dragoneare |
| Eastland Merchant | Exchange (i) | Exchange (ii) | Exeter Merchant | Four Sisters |
| Golden Cock | Hamburg Merchant | Hannibal | Industry | Jonathan |
| John and Katherine | King Fernando | Lisbon Merchant | Loyalty | Malaga Merchant |
| Phoenix | Prosperous | Richard and Martha | Samaritan | Sampson |
| Samuel Talbot | Sarah | Satisfaction | Seven Brothers of London | Society |
| Thomas and Lucy | Thomas and William | William of London | ||
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This page last edited -
31 January, 2013.
Copyright © Ian M King, except where otherwise indicated. |
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