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Allied (Dutch Republic & Kingdom of England) - Sir George Rooke (1650-1708/9) | |||
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| British Main Division, George Byng (1663/64-1732/33) | |||
To attack the town and the south bastion. | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Monmouth (64) | John Baker (1660-1716) | ||
| Name : Suffolk (70) | Robert Kirktown (d.1718) | ||
| Name : Essex (70) | John Hubbard (d.1723) | ||
| Name : Ranelagh (80) | John Cowe | Squadron Flagship | |
| Name : Grafton (70) | Andrew Leake (d.1704) | ||
| Name : Montagu (60) | William Cleveland | ||
| Name : Eagle (70) | Archibald Hamilton (c.1673-1754) | ||
| Name : Nottingham (60) | Samuel Whitaker (d.1707) | ||
| Name : Nassau (70) | Francis Dove (d.1724/25) | ||
| Name : Swiftsure (64) | |||
| Dutch Division, G. van der Dussen | |||
To attack the Old Mole | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Wapen van Friesland (58) | |||
| Name : Utrecht (64) | |||
| Name : Veluwe (66) | Squadron Flagship | ||
| Name : Prinses Amelia (64) | |||
| Name : Veere (60) | Philip Schriver (d.1711) | ||
| Name : Katwijk op Zee (72) | |||
| British Second Division | |||
To attack the new mole. Had three Dutch bombs attached. | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Berwick (70) | |||
| Name : Monck (64) | James Mighells (1667-1733/34) | ||
| Name : Burford (70) | Kerrit Roffey (d.1716) | ||
| Name : Kingston (60) | Edward Acton (d.1707) | ||
| Name : Lennox (70) | Sir William Jumper (d.1714/15) | ||
| Name : Yarmouth (70) | Jasper Hicks (d.1714) | ||
| Rooke's Main Body | |||
Stood off in the Bay and other than the Dorsetshire was unengaged. During the night of the 22/23rd, Rooke, to make some diversion while Byng's squadron warped into position, ordered Captain Edward Whitaker, of the Dorsetshire, to man and arm boats, and to destroy a French vessel that lay within the Old Mole. | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |
| Name : Royal Katherine (96) | John Fletcher (d.1704/5) | Fleet Flagship | |
| Name : Dorsetshire (80) | Edward Whitaker | ||
Allied (Royaume de France & Spain) | |||
| Unknown Division | |||
| Ship Name | Commander | Notes | |