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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 ...
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] On 31 July she participated in the Battle of Scheveningen near Texel. [11] In the fall of 1653 Captain Richard Newberry took command and spent the winter of 1653/54 at Chatham. [1]
As a member of Red Squadron, Rear Division she took part in the Battle of the Gabbard on 2–3 June 1653. [12] On 31 July 1653 she participated in the Battle of Scheveningen off Texel as a member Red Squadron, Rear Division. [13] She spent the winter of 1653/54 under the command of Captain George Acklam at Portsmouth. [14]
Late in 1653 she came under the command of Captain William Hill. She was with Robert Blake's Fleet at the Battle of Portland on 18 February 1653. [10] Following the battle she came under the command of Captain Nicholas Heaton. As a member of Red Squadron, Center Division she participated in the Battle of the Gabbard on 2–3 June 1653. [11]
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 ...
This battle is sometimes recorded as the Battle of Goodwin Sands. [5] On 28 September 1652 she participated in the Battle of Kentish Knock. [6] Later in 1652 she was under the command of Captain Thomas Graves. At the Battle of Portland she was a member of Robert Blake's Fleet of eighty-four ships from 18 to 20 February 1653. This British ...
Expedition was a member of Robert Blake's Fleet at the Battle of Portland from 18 to 20 February 1653. [17] She was present at the Battle of the Gabbard as a member of White Squadron Van Division from s to 3 June 1653. [18] She followed this with the Battle of Scheveningen near Texel on 31 July 1653.