English Captain: Richard Lyons

Richard Lyons served in the Commonwealth navy. In 1653, he was flag captain of the 1st Rate Resolution (88 guns). He definitely commanded the Resolution in the summer of 1653. The usual sources only list the admirals, not the flag captains, so we can't be sure if Richard Lyons was at the Battle of Scheveningen. Anderson does not list him for the Gabbard, saying that John Bourne was captain. From 1653 to 1654, he commanded the Taunton. He was definitely the Taunton's captain in December 1653, when the Taunton was lying in the Thames. In 1656, he commanded the Taunton, but resigned from the service. Sources:

1. R. C. Anderson, "English Fleet-Lists in the First Dutch War," The Mariner's Mirror, Vol.XXIV No.4, October 1938.
2. R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964.
3. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol. VI, 1930.