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>Mr Parker > >your assistance would be greatly appreciated. I have >been after a copy of Foxs's book for a while, but have >yet to find one. I do have a copy of Penn, so that >will get another look. > >If you could email a copy of the list to >CyjayneATtiscali.co.uk I would be most greatful. I >have been trying to split the ships into the seven >squadrons without too much success so maybe this list >will help. > >My latest take on the fleets can be seen at ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://3decks.pbwiki.com/Battle%20of%20Lowestoft" >>http://3decks.pbwiki.com/Battle%20of%20Lowestoft</a> > >Thanks > >Cy > >>The authoritative source for this is probably Frank L. >>Fox, <i>A Distant Storm: The Four Days' Battle of >>1666: The Greatest Sea Fight of the Age of Sail</i> >>(Rotherfield, England: Press of Sail Publications, >>1996), 365-67. This book actually covers the entire >>Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-67). Fox says the >>following in his headnote to his Appendix C: >> >>"The list of the Dutch fleet at Loestoft is drawn >>mainly from [Cornelis] de Jonge, <i>Geschiedenis van >>het Nederlandsche Zeewezen</i>. Some details are from >>a list in [William] Penn, <i>Memorials of Sir William >>Penn,</i> and two lists from English intelligence >>sources in [the Earl of] Sandwich's journal. De Jonge >>gives the fleet as it stood at its departure from the >>Texel on 13-14 May. The only known adjustments >>thereafter were the addition of the late-arriving >><i>Zwanenburg</i> and <i>Visscher</i>, and the >>deletion of the 30-gun Noorderkwartier frigate >><i>Kasteel van Medemblik</i> which was sent home due >>to weather damage. >> >>"The Dutch had not yet adopted the line-ahead, so the >>ships had no assigned stations. The squadrons are >>listed not in order of fighting, but in order of >>precedence. Within each squadron, the commanders of >>the first three ships served as admiral, vice-admiral, >>and rear-admiral." >> >>Fox included for each ship its admiralty, number of >>guns, number of men, and captain. >> >>As Cy notes, this is a long list. I am suprised that >>it is not available electronically on Jim Bender's >>"Kentish Knock" site. If Cy is the only one what >>wants it, and he can't get access to Fox, I would >>photocopy it and mail it to him.

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