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The naval Battle of Portland, or Three Days' Battle, took place during 18–20 February 1653 (28 February – 2 March 1653 (Gregorian calendar)), [a] during the First Anglo-Dutch War, when the fleet of the Commonwealth of England under General at Sea Robert Blake was attacked by a fleet of the Dutch Republic under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp escorting merchant shipping through the English ...
Later in 1652 Captain Warren was replaced by Captain William Vessey. She sailed with Robert Blake's Fleet at the Battle of Portland [2] on 18 February 1653. [8] After the engagement, Captain George Crapnell took command. She participated in the Battle of the Gabbard Sand [3] between 2 and 3 June 1653 as a member of White Squadron, Centre ...
She followed that with the Battle of Portland as a member of Robert Blakes Squadron on the 18 February 1653. [11] She was involved in the Battle of the Gabbard as a member of White Squadron, Van Division on 2–3 June 1653. [12] She partook in the Battle of Scheveningen as a member of White Squadron, Van Division on 25 July 1653. [13]
In 1653 she was under the command of Captain Richard Stayner. She was at the Battle of Portland on 18 February 1653. She was a member of White Squadron, Center Division at the Battle of the Gabbard on 2/3 June 1653. This was followed by the Battle of Scheveningen off Texel on 31 July 1653. She spent the winter of 1653/54 in the English Channel.
She participated in the Battle of the Gabbard as a member of Red Squadron, Center Division on 2–3 June 1653. [9] She was a member of Red Squadron, Van Division at the Battle of Scheveningen off Texel on 31 July 1653. [10] Later in 1653 she came under command of Captain William Whitehorse to spend the winter of 1653/54 at St Helens. [1] In ...
She was part of Robert Blake's Fleet at the Battle of Portland between 18 and 20 February 1653. [11] She was a member of Red Squadron, Van Division that engaged the Dutch at the Battle of the Gabbard on 2–3 June 1653. [12] On 31 July 1653 the fleets engaged again at the Battle of Scheveningen near Texel.
[2] In 1651, Captain Penn was assigned to the role of Admiral in the Mediterranean, and chose Fairfax as his flagship. After an uneventful year of service, command was again transferred to Captain Lawson, under whose direction Fairfax participated in the Battle of Dover , and the Battle of Portland in the following year.
During the Second Anglo-Dutch War she was in the initial battle of Lowestoft then the Battle of Vagen. She was sold in February 1667. She was the second ship to bear this name since it was used for a vessel captured in 1651 and sold in 1653. [1] She was awarded the Battle Honours Dover 1652, [2] Portland 1653, [3] Gabbard 1653, [4] and ...