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Battle of Dungeness

30^th November 1652
Part of : The First Anglo-Dutch War (1652 - 1654)
Previous action : Battle of Kentish Knock 28.9.1652
Next action : Action of 1652-12-14 14.12.1652


Commonwealth of England

English Fleet, Robert Blake (1598-1657)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Triumph (60)	Benjamin Blake (d.1689)	Fleet Flagship
Name : Victory (52)	Lionel Lane
Name : Vanguard (56)	John Mildmay (d.1653)
Name : Fairfax (52)	John Lawson (1610-1665)
Name : Speaker (50)	John Gibson
Name : Laurel (46)	John Taylor (d.1653)
Name : Worcester (48)	Anthony Young
Name : Garland (30)	Richard Batten
Name : Happy Entrance (34)	Edmund Chapman (d.1653)
Name : Lion (40)	Charles Saltonstall, Andrew Ball (d.1653)
Name : Convertine (40)	John Holden
Name : Foresight (34)	Samuel Howett
Name : Dragon (38)	John Stokes
Name : Fortune (36)	Anthony Spathurst
Name : Hound (36)	John Golding (d.1665)
Name : Sapphire (34)	Robert Moulton (d.1652), William Hill
Name : Princess Maria (38)	Edward Witheridge
Name : Mary Flyboat (32)	William Kendall
Name : Waterhound (32)	John Golding (d.1665), Giles Shelley
Name : Dolphin (30)	Richard Badiley (d.1657)
Name : Advantage (26)	William Beck
Name : Swan (22)
Name : Greyhound (24)

English Hired Merchantmen
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Hannibal (44)	Francis Barham, William Haddock (1607-1667)
Name : Anthony Bonaventure (36)	Walter Hoxton (d.1652)
Name : Culpepper (30)	John Gibbs
Name : Cullen (28)	Thomas Gilbert
Name : Martha (25)	Stephen Jay
Name :

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Hercules (34)	Zachary Browne
Name : Acorn (22)

Dutch Republic

Dutch Fleet, Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (1598-1653)
Ship Name	Commander	Notes

Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Kampen (54)	Joris van der Zaen (d.1652/53)
Name : Groote Liefde (38)	Bruijn van Seelst (d.1653)
Name : Elias (34)	Jacob Sijvertsen Spanheim (d.1653)
Name : Breda (34)	Adriaan Bruynsveld (d.1658)
Name : Meerman (30)	Jacob Cleijdijck
Name : Maagd van Enkhuizen (28)	Gerrit Femssen
Name : Liefde (26)	Joost Bankert de Jonge (d.1652/53)
Name : Roskam (26)	Corstiaen Eldertszoon
Name : Monnikendam (24)	Pieter Floriszoon (1602-1658)

Notes on Action

Dutch Fleet compositionBWAS-1603
Tromp's fleet consisted of 73 men-of-war, 8 small ships, 9 fireships (only some names of ships are known).

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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