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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 ...
In early 1653 she came under the command of Captain Samuel Howett. She was at the Battle of Portland on 18 February 1653 as the Flagship of Rear-Admiral Howett in Red Squadron. [9] After the battle Captain John Stoakes took command. She remained in Red Squadron, Van Division for the Battle of the Gabbard on 2–3 June 1653. [10]
During the First Anglo-Dutch War she partook in the Battle of Portland on 18 February 1653 as a member of Robert Blake's Fleet. [9] As a member of Blue Squadron, Rear Division she took part in the Battle of the Gabbard on 2–3 June 1653. [10] In February 1654 she took a 20-gun Dutch ship. [11]
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Portland was a 40-gun fourth-rate frigate of the English Royal Navy, originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Wapping, and launched in 1653. By 1677 her armament had been increased to 48 guns. [1] She took part in the Battle of Bantry Bay in 1689, when her Irish-born captain George Aylmer was killed in action.
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