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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 Adventure (1646) - Wikipedia

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    With the outbreak of the English Civil War she served on the Parliamentary side until 1649. She was incorporated into the Commonwealth Navy in 1650. She partook in the Battle off Dover in 1652, the Battle of Portland and the Battle of Gabbard in 1653. Adventure was employed on Bulstrode Whitelocke's embassy to Sweden, 1653–1654. [1]

  5. English ship Convertine (1650) - Wikipedia

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    In 1653 she was under the command of Captain Anthony Joyne was her commander. She partook in the Battle of Portland on 18 February 1653. [11] As a member of Blue Squadron, Rear Division she took part in the Battle of the Gabbard on 2–3 June 1653. [12] After being lengthened, she spent the winter 1653/54 at Harwich under the command of John ...

  6. Anglo-Dutch Wars - Wikipedia

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    The 1797 battle of Camperdown (Thomas Whitcombe, 1798) During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, France reduced the Netherlands to a satellite state and finally annexed the country in 1810. In 1797 the Dutch fleet was defeated by the British in the Battle of Camperdown, but an Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799 was less ...

  7. HMS Centurion (1650) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. English ship Expedition (1637) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  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.