17th Century Battles | Anglo-Dutch Wars

Battle of Lowestoft on 3 June, 1672 (old style)

NB: Discussion devoted to the Anglo-Dutch Wars at sea, including ships, battles, and persons by James C. Bender. Regularly updated.

This is the list of the English fleet and organization at the time of the Battle of Lowestoft on 3 June 1665 (old style). This is largely based on Frank Fox's list.

White Squadron of Prince Rupert.

Van Division

Colchester	28 guns	Daniel Helling
Triumph	70 guns	Vice-Admiral Christopher Myngs
Monck	54 guns	Thomas Penrose
Newcastle	48 guns	Thomas Page
Lion	52 guns	Edward Spragge
Ruby	46 guns	William Jennings
Expedition	30 guns	Tobias Sackler
John and Abigail	40 guns	Joseph Sanders
Happy Return	40 guns	John Hubbard
Katherine	36 guns	Thomas Elliot
John and Katherine	32 guns	John Whately

Center Division

Reserve	46 guns	John Tyrwhit
Rainbow	56 guns	Willoughby Hannam
Exchange	36 guns	Samuel Wentworth
Revenge	58 guns	Robert Holmes
Royal James	78 guns	Admiral Prince Rupert, flag-captain John Kempthorne.
Garland	28 guns	Charles Talbot
Hound fireship	8 guns	James Coleman
Dolphin fireship	4 guns	William Gregory
Assurance	32 guns	John Jeffries
Mary Rose	48 guns	William Reeves.
Henrietta	58 guns	Walter Wood.
Bendish	42 guns	Robert Taylor
Portland	46 guns	John Aylett

Rear Division

East India Merchant	44 guns	John Wilgresse
St. Andrew	60 guns	Valentine Pine
Advice	40 guns	William Poole
Bear	42 guns	John Waterworth
Constant Katherine	40 guns	Francis Sanders
Kent	46 guns	Thomas Ewens
Anne	58 guns	Arnold Brown
Resolution	58 guns	Rear-Admiral Robert Sansum-killed in the battle
Milford	28 guns	John Seale

Smallcraft (ketches, smacks, and hoys)

Hind ketch	8 guns	John Withers
Sea Venture	-	-
James	-	-
Desire	-	-
Little Sampson	-	-
William & Mary	-	-

Red Squadron of the Duke of York.

Van Division

Bristol	48 guns	John Hart
Gloucester	58 guns	Robert Clark
Royal Exchange	46 guns	Giles Shelley
Diamond	46 guns	John King
Martin Galley	14 guns	Richard White
Royal Oak	76 guns	Vice-Admiral Sir John Lawson, died of his wounds
Norwich	24 guns	John Wetwang
Guinea	36 guns	John Abelson, killed in the battle
St. George	60 guns	Joseph Jordan
Coast Frigate	34 guns	Thomas Lawson
Dover	46 guns	Jeffery Pearse
King Ferdinando	36 guns	Francis Johnson

Center Division

Plymouth	56 guns	Thomas Allin
Fountain	30 guns	Jean Baptiste du Tiel
Blackamore	38 guns	Richard Neales
Mary	58 guns	Jeremy Smith
Happy Return	50 guns	James Lambert
Drake	12 guns	Richard Poole
Royal Charles	78 guns	the Duke of York, Sir William Penn, flag-captain John Harman
Mermaid	28 guns	Jasper Grant
Fame fireship	12 guns	John Gethings
Bramble fireship	8 guns	Nepthali Ball
Antelope	46 guns	John Chicheley
Old James	68 guns	James Ley, the Earl of Marlborough, killed in the battle
Loyal George	42 guns	John Earle
Yarmouth	52 guns	Thomas Ayliffe
Vanguard	56 guns	Jonas Poole
Convertine	48 guns	John Pearce
Charity	46 guns	Robert Wilkinson

Rear Division

Eagle	44 guns	Thomas Hendra
Amity	36 guns	John Parker
Satisfaction	46 guns	Richard May
Fairfax	58 guns	Robert Salmon
Swiftsure	60 guns	Rear-Admiral Sir William Berkeley
Bonaventure	40 guns	Arthur Laughorne
Portsmouth	38 guns	Robert Mohun]
George	40 guns	Robert Hatubb
Leopard	54 guns	Richard Beach
Sapphire	38 guns	Henry Hyde
Loyal Merchant	44 guns	Robert Sanders

Smallcraft (ketches, smacks, and hoys)

Roe ketch	8 guns	James Lock
Eaglet ketch	8 guns	William Berry
St. George	-	-
Bachelor	-	-
Isabella	-	-
Hopeful Margaret	-	-
Seaflower	-	-
Edward & Eve	-	-

Blue Squadron of the Earl of Sandwich
(sailed in reverse order, so the Vice-Admiral was near the rear)

Rear Division

Forester	28 guns	Edward Cotterell
Royal Katherine	70 guns	Rear-Admiral Thomas Teddiman
Essex	52 guns	Richard Utber
Marmaduke	38 guns	John Best
Princess	52 guns	George Swanley
Golden Phoenix	36 guns	Samuel Dickinson
Adventure	36 guns	Benjamin Young
Society	36 guns	Ralph Lascelles
Dreadnought	58 guns	Henry Terne
Prudent Mary	36 guns	Thomas Haward

Center Division

Dragon	38 guns	John Lloyd
Centurion	46 guns	Robert Moulton, Jr.
Montagu	58 guns	Henry Fenne
Oxford	24 guns	Phillip Bacon
Prince	86 guns	Edward Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich, flag-captain Roger Cuttance
Pembroke	28 guns	Thomas Darcy
Bryar fireship	12 guns	Richard Cotton
Dunkirk	54 guns	John Hayward
Breda	46 guns	Robert Kirby, killed in the battle
John & Thomas	44 guns	Henry Dawes
Swallow	46 guns	Richard Hodges
Madras	42 guns	John Norbrook

Van Division (in reverse order, since they were at the rear)

Jersey	48 guns	Hugh Hide
Hamburg Merchant	36 guns	James Cadman
Hampshire	40 guns	George Batts
Castle frigate	36 guns	Philip Euatt
Assistance	40 guns	Zachary Brown
Unicorn	56 guns	Henry Teddiman
Providence	30 guns	Richard James
York	58 guns	John Swanley
Henry	70 guns	Vice-Admiral Sir George Ayscue
Guernsey	28 guns	Humphrey Connisby

Smallcraft (ketches, smacks, and hoys)

Nonsuch ketch	8 guns	Robert Crossman
Thomas & Rebecca	-	-
Hopewell	-	-
John smack	-	-
John hoy	-	-
Two Sisters	-	-

Sources:

R. C. Anderson, Lists of Men-of-War 1650-1700: Part I English Ships 1649-1702, 1966.
Frank L. Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.
Granville Penn, Memorials of the Professional Life and Times of Sir William Penn, 1833.

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17th Century Battles | Anglo-Dutch Wars

Battle of Lowestoft on 3 June, 1672 (old style)

White Squadron of Prince Rupert.

Van Division

Center Division

Rear Division

Smallcraft (ketches, smacks, and hoys)

Red Squadron of the Duke of York.

Van Division

Center Division

Rear Division

Smallcraft (ketches, smacks, and hoys)

Blue Squadron of the Earl of Sandwich(sailed in reverse order, so the Vice-Admiral was near the rear)

Rear Division

Center Division

Van Division (in reverse order, since they were at the rear)

Smallcraft (ketches, smacks, and hoys)

Sources:

Blue Squadron of the Earl of Sandwich
(sailed in reverse order, so the Vice-Admiral was near the rear)