Order of battle at the Battle of Lowestoft

Order of battle at the Battle of Lowestoft
The Battle of Lowestoft, 13 June 1665, showing Royal Charles and the Eendracht by Hendrik van Minderhout, painted c. 1665

The ships that participated in the Battle of Lowestoft, a naval engagement between the English and Dutch off the English port of Lowestoft on 13 June (New Style) 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. 109 English ships, commanded by James Stuart, Duke of York, faced 103 Dutch ships led by Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the English, capturing 17 Dutch ships for the loss of only one ship.

British fleet

White Squadron of Prince Rupert
Ship Guns Commander Notes
Van
Christopher Myngs
Monck 54 Captain Thomas Penrose
Newcastle 48 Captain Thomas Page
Lion 52 Captain Edward Spragge
Ruby 46 Captain William Jennens
Robert Holmes
Royal James 78 Admiral Prince Rupert
Flag-captain John Kempthorne
Robert Sansum Sansum killed in the battle
Duke of York
Van
Bristol 48 Captain John Hart
Gloucester 58 Captain Robert Clark
Royal Exchange 46 Captain Giles Shelley
Diamond 46 Captain John King
Martin Galley 14 Captain Richard White
Royal Oak 76 Vice-Admiral Sir John Lawson Lawson died of his wounds after the battle
Norwich 24 Captain John Wetwang
Guinea 36 Captain John Abelson Abelson killed in the battle
St. George 60 Captain Joseph Jordan
Coast Frigate 34 Captain Thomas Lawson
Dover 46 Captain Jeffery Pearse
King Ferdinando 36 Captain Francis Johnson
Centre
Plymouth 56 Captain Thomas Allin
Fountain 30 Captain Jean Baptiste du Tiel
Blackamore 38 Captain Richard Neales
Mary 58 Captain Jeremiah Smith
Happy Return 50 Captain James Lambert
Royal Charles 78 James, Duke of York
Sir William Penn
Flag-captain John Harman
John Chicheley
Old James 68 Captain James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough Marlborough killed in the battle
Loyal George 42 Captain John Earle
Yarmouth 52 Captain Thomas Ayliffe
Vanguard 56 Captain Jonas Poole
Convertine 48 Captain John Pearce
Sir William Berkeley
Bonaventure 40 Captain Arthur Laughorne
Portsmouth 38 Captain Robert Mohun
George 40 Captain Robert Hatubb
Leopard 54 Captain Richard Beach
Sapphire 38 Captain Henry Hyde
Loyal Merchant 44 Captain Robert Sanders
Small craft
Roe 8 Captain James Lock Ketch
Earl of Sandwich
Rear
Thomas Teddeman
Essex 52 Captain Richard Utber
Marmaduke 38 Captain John Best
Philip Bacon
Prince Royal 86 Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich
Flag-captain Roger Cuttance
Sir George Ayscue
edit] Dutch fleet
  • Drie Helden Davids 50 guns
  • Zeelandia 38 guns
  • Delft 34 guns
  • Schakerlo 30 guns
  • Provincien 48 guns
  • Ter Goes 30-34 guns

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