English Captain: William Younger

Willian Younger served in the Parliamentarian and Commonwealth navy. From 1648 to 1649, he commanded the old 6th Rate Tenth Whelp. In 1652, he commanded the Mary Flyboat (24 guns). On 30 November 1652, he fought at the Battle of Dungeness, where the Mary Flyboat was credited with 32 guns. He fought in the Battle of the Kentish Knock on 28 September 1652. He also seems to have served in the Restoration navy, at least with subsidiary commands. In 1665, he commanded the Young Lamb prize. Later in 1665, he commanded the Bramble fireship. In 1666, he commanded the Horseman prize, a flyboat. The fireship Bramble was the best ship he commanded after the Restoration. 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. R. C. Anderson, Lists of Men-of-War 1650-1700: Part I English Ships 1649-1702, 1966.
4. J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.