| 1652/08 | Twenty-one English merchantmen collected at Helsinger to wait for convoy home to England | |
| 1652/08 | The King of Denmark invited them to seek safety at Copenhagen, 18 took advantage of this offer | |
| 1652/08 | Two of the other ships were taken by a Dutch man-of-war, though one of these was recovered | |
| 1652/08 | The eighteen merchantmen ships were now allowed to enter the harbour of Copenhagen | |
| 1652/09/09 | Andrew Ball's squadron left Yarmouth to escort the merchantmen home | |
| 1652/09/20 | The Danish Government complained that no notice had been given of the squadron's approach, and using this as a pretext refused to allow the merchantmen to sail. Further, they forbade the English to pass the Sound, saying that if they did so the Danish ships would join the Dutch against them | |
| 1652/09/26 | The crews of the merchantmen left their ships and embarked in Ball's squadron | |
| 1652/09/27 | The squadron set sail to return to England | |
| 1652/09/30 | The Antelope was wrecked on the Jylland coast | |
| 1652/09/30 | Antelope (56)
left the fleet | |
| 1652/10/02 | The survivors of the Antelope were taken off. | |
| 1652/10/14 | Anchored in Bridlington Bay with several prizes | |