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2. Battle of Portland - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. English ship Merlin (1652) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. English ship Portland (1653) - Wikipedia

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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.

5. English ship Laurel (1651) - Wikipedia

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   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]

6. HMS Providence (1637) - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. English ship Guinea (1649) - Wikipedia

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   She followed that with the Battle of Portland on 18 February 1653. [11] 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 ]

8. English ship Nonsuch (1646) - Wikipedia

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   At the Battle of Kentish Knock she was a member of Robert Blake's Fleet of sixty-eight ships on 28 September 1652. [8] In late 1652 she came under command of Captain Thomas Penrose. At the Battle off Portland she was a member of Robert Blake's Fleet of eighty-four ships from 18 to 20 February 1653.

9. HMS Foresight (1650) - Wikipedia

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   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.