. The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present. -comingDutch vessels, but with the subsidiary design of engaging the Dutchoff their own shores should they venture to put to sea. The Duke ^ Christopher Myngs. Born prohahly ahout 1620. Was a captain during thefirst Dutch War. Knighted hy Charles II. Yice-Admiral (W.) in the action ofJune 3rd, 1665. KiUed on June -ith, 1666. 2 Thomas Tyddiman. Born probably about 1620. Captain of the Resolution,1660. Acting Eear-Admiral in the Channel, 1664. Flag-officer in most of the actionsof the Second Dutch war. Knighted, 1665. Led the a
. The royal navy : a history from the earliest times to the present. -comingDutch vessels, but with the subsidiary design of engaging the Dutchoff their own shores should they venture to put to sea. The Duke ^ Christopher Myngs. Born prohahly ahout 1620. Was a captain during thefirst Dutch War. Knighted hy Charles II. Yice-Admiral (W.) in the action ofJune 3rd, 1665. KiUed on June -ith, 1666. 2 Thomas Tyddiman. Born probably about 1620. Captain of the Resolution,1660. Acting Eear-Admiral in the Channel, 1664. Flag-officer in most of the actionsof the Second Dutch war. Knighted, 1665. Led the attack on Bergen, , 1668. 1665.] THE DUKE OF YORK IN THE NORTH SEA. 257 of York cruised on and off for more than a fortnight, capturing anumber of merchantmen ; and then, his fleet having suffered some-what from bad weather, especially on May 8th, he drew off. Hisdesire appears to have been, ere he returned to England, to interceptVice-Admiral M. A. De Euijter, who, as has been seen, had beenmaking counter-reprisals on the West Coast of Africa, and who was. JACOB VAX WASSENAER, LORD OF OBDAM, LIEUTEXAXT-ADMIRAL OFHOLLAND AXD -WESTVRIESLAND. (After the engraved purlrait hy J. Suijderlwef.) supposed to be homeward bound ; but provisions fell short, and theDuke had to forego his intention and anchor off Harwich, and in themouth of the Thames. In the meantime a formidable Dutch fleet had been got consisted, in addition to several vessels which were ultimately leftbehind, of 108 men-of-war, seven yachts and dispatch vessels, elevenfireships, and twelve galliots, mounting in all 4869 guns, and having VOL. II. s 258 MAJOR OPERATIONS, 1660-1714. [1665. on board 21,556 officers and men.^ It was divided into no fewerthan seven squadrons^ of nearly equal strength, each made upof three divisions. The squadron commanders, in the order oftheir seniority, were : Jacob van Wassenaer, Lord of Obdam, Com-mander-in-Chief, in the EewcZrftcAf, 76; Jan Evertsen,Lie
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