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March 1665; ibid, f. 355. List of British warships, 24 February/6 March 1665, original
ly enclosed in ibid, f. 361. Cunaeus to [Griffier/De Huybert], 27 February/9 March
1665; Sandwich Journal, 163, 166, 170; http://www.threedecks.com. Rates as per Fleet
list, 7 April 1665, Sandwich Journal, 174-178; armament as per Cunaeus' lists. Shaded
ships on left are not in Cunaeus' list for sortie of 11 February: his 2 lists cited above are
respectively 'CI' and 'C2' in the table.
11 Sandwich's flagship on first sortie north, but (with Montagu) sent back to Solebay,
thence to Flope and Chatham for refit. Sandwich transferred his flag to Revenge.
12 Not in Cunaeus' lists for first sortie. Listed as a second-rate in April 1665, but this must
surely be in error: she is always given as a third-rate elsewhere (ey.-Tredagh)See Fox, Four
Days' Battle, 318; Fox, Great Ships, 57; Winfield, British Warships 1603-1714, 47, 50;
Rupert and Monck, 11
13 Orders were sent to Sandwich on 18 February for the detachment of 3 ships for the
Tangier convoy, but Sandwich did not receive these until 26 February (at sea); nothing
seems to have done before Sandwich's return the next day and meeting with Colonel
Bellasis on 28 February. Princess, Foresight and Eagle were later detached. See William
Coventry to Sandwich, 8 February 1665, MS Carte Calendar 41Sandwich Journal, 170,
177-178.
14 These 2, replacements for London and Montagu, joined in the evening. See James to
Sandwich, 11 February 1665, MS Carte Calendar 41-, Sandwich Journal, 169, 170.
15 Not to be confused with Great Gijt (30).
16 These 4 joined during the evening of 11 February. See Sandwich Journal, 166.
17 5 ships arrived in the Downs 19 February, from Portsmouth. See Richard Watts to
Williamson, 9 February 1665, CSPD 1664-1665, 197. This is possibly the fifth ship.
18 William Baker to Navy Commissioners, 17 January 1665, CSPD 1664-1665, 172;
Jeremy Smith to Sir William Batten, 2 February 1665, ibid, 189. Cunaeus has her as
joined with Sandwich by 19 February. She was still at Harwich on 12 February.
19 Ready at Harwich, 12 February. See ibid.
20 These 3 not named as on first sortie in Sandwich Journal.
21 Source: NA, AA 1418. RAvA, passim (29 July-31 December 1665).
22 Probably Cornells van Brakel, son of Pieter van Brakel (?-1664). See A. J. van der Aa,
Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Haarlem, 1855, II, 1160-1161. Not to be
confused with the family of Rotterdam admiralty officers of the same name.
