English Captain: John Lloyd

Andrew saw that a John Lloyd served in the Restoration navy. He had also served in the Commonwealth navy, and commanded the Dutch prize Princess Maria from 1653 to 1655, and then the 4th Rate Diamond from 1656 to 1660. After the Restoration, he was given command of the 4th Rate Dragon, starting in 1664. At the Battle of Lowestoft, in 1665, he was in the Earl of Sandwich's division, in the Dragon (38 guns). Later in 1665, he commanded the Yarmouth (52 guns). He was in Sir William Berkeley's division at the Four Days Battle, in the Yarmouth. In 1666, he commanded the Plymouth (58 guns) in Sir Thomas Allin's division at the St. James's Day Battle. In 1668, he was back in command of the Yarmouth. In 1669, he commanded the Swallow. In 1672, he commanded the Triumph, apparently before the Battle of Solebay, as Willoughby Hannam commanded the Triumph at Solebay, where he was killed in action. Sources:

1. R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964.
2. Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.
3. J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.