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Saturday, November 20, 2004

English captains killed at Scheveningen

Having just written about Owen Cox, and the mistaken report of his death at Scheveningen, we shall turn to the known list of captains who are known to have been killed in the battle. The only source that I have that has specifics is The First Dutch War, Vol.V. Page 173 lists the English casualties. That source estimates the total casualties, killed and wounded in the battle, were somewhere between 1,000 and 1,200. That seems low, as the total wounded seems to have been around 1,200. The number of those killed seems to have been around 600. Of the captains and admirals, 8 were killed at either the Gabbard or at Scheveningen. They include William Graves, Rear-Admiral of the White, in the Andrew (60 guns) (at Scheveningen); Edmund Chapman, captain of the Golden Cock (36 guns) (at Scheveningen); John Taylor, captain of the William (the least well-known of the two John Taylors who commanded ships) (at Scheveningen); James Peacock, Vice-Admiral of the Red, in the Triumph (60 guns) (at Scheveningen); Thomas Salmon, captain of the Gift (34 guns) (Scheveningen); William Newman, captain of the Mayflower (34 guns) (Scheveningen); Roger Crispe, said to be captain of the Prosperous (42 guns) (Scheveningen), but R.C. Anderson omits him from his list of captains (The First Dutch War seems to support this name, however); and John Vesey, captain of the Martin (14 guns) (killed in an action against Dutch frigates on 19 June, near Vlieland. This list of captains comes from the House of Commons Journal, Volume 7, October 28, 1653.

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