English Captain: Anthony Spatchurst

Anthony Spathurst served in the Commonwealth navy. In 1652, he commanded the Fortune. From 1653 to 1654, he commanded the Dutch prize Paul (ex-St. Paulus). He fought in the Battle of the Gabbard in June 1653, where he was assigned to Joseph Jordan's division. From 1656 to 1657, he commanded the Centurion. He served in the Mediterranean Sea under Robert Blake's command and took part on the attack at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. He apparently also fought in the Battle of Scheveningen. 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. Michael Baumber, General-at-Sea, 1989.

4. William Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Vol.II, 1898.