English Captain: Thomas Darcy

Thomas Darcy served in the Restoration navy. In 1662, he was lieutenant of the Monk. In 1663, he was appointed as lieutenant of the 4th Rate Kent. In 1664, he was appointed lieutenant of the 3rd Rate Revenge. Later in 1664, he was promoted and given command of the 5th Rate Pembroke (28 guns and a crew of 145 men). He fought at he Battle of Lowestoft, where he was assigned to the Duke of York's division. He In 1665 he was given command of the Mary Rose (48 guns and a crew of 190 men). He was with the English fleet at Bergen, in August 1665, but was one of 7 ships separated by bad weather, so he was not engaged during the debacle. He fought in the Four Days' Battle in June 1666, where he was assigned to Sir Edward Spragge's division. On 25 July, he fought in the St. James's Day Battle, where he was assigned to Richard Utber's division. Pepys says that in 1667, he assumed command of the 5th Rate Dartmouth. However, a note in Sir Thomas Allin's journal indicates that he still commanded the Mary Rose in June 1668, when he operated under the command of Sir Thomas Allin in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Perhaps Anderson's note is in error, as in July 1669, Thomas Darcy was clearly in command of the Dartmouth, under Sir Thomas Allin's command. In 1672, he was given command of the 3rd Rate Montagu (60 guns). In August of 1672, he was assigned to Sir John Harman's division. In 1673, he commanded the 2nd Rate St. George. He fought at the Battle of the Texel on 11 August 1673, where he was Sir Edward Spragge's flag captain. Sources:

1. R. C. Anderson, Journals and Narratives of the Third Dutch War, 1946.

2. R. C. Anderson, The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin, Vol.II 1667-1678, 1940.
3. Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.
4. J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.