I got a copy, today, from the De Golyer Library at SMU, of the first part of Frank Fox's article about English hired ships "Hired Men-of-War, 1664-67". One nugget from that is the English OOB for the Battle of Nevis. I have the list of Dutch ships at the Battle, and need to figure out what French ships were there. It was an English victory, due to the horrible performance by some of the French.
The English ships were:
- Coronation
- John & Thomas
- Constant Katherine
- William
- Pearl
- Campanion
- St. Peter
- Norwich (a 5th Rate)
- William, fireship
The Campanion blew up, but the English won the battle, anyway.
The Dutch squadron was commanded by Abraham Crijnssen. They left Zeeland on 30 December 1666 (New Style). The ships initially with him were:
- Zeelandia, 34 guns crew 140 Abraham Crijnssen
- West-Cappel, 28 guns Simon Lonck
- Zeeridder, 34 guns crew 167 Piter de Mauregnault
- Prins te Paard, jacht 14 guns crew 75 Salomon le Sage
- Wester-Souburg, hoeker 6 guns crew 13 Rochus Bastaert
- Aardenburg, fluit Abraham Trouwers
- an unnamed snauw Hayman Adriaensen
They were joined by the Visschers Herder, 26 guns Boudewijn Keuvelaer (perhaps in February)
The advijs jacht Windhond brought letters from the Netherlands, seemingly arriving in March.
The Zeelandia, Zeeridder, and Visschers Herder definitely took part in the Battle of Nevis.
After the abortive battle, the Dutch left the Caribbean and headed for Virginia.
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