English naval officer: Sir Richard Haddock

Sir Richard Haddock served in the Restoration navy and beyond. Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albemarle appointed him captain of the 4th Rate Portland in 1666. He fought in the St. James's Day Battle where he was assigned to Sir Jeremy Smith's division. In 1672, he was appointed as captain of the Earl of Sandwich's flagship, the Royal James (100 guns). He fought at the Battle of Solebay, where he was wounded by a Dutch sharpshooter, probably from Van Ghent's ship. He was below being treated at the time that the Dutch fireship attacked. Eventually, the Royal James burnt to the waterline. The Earl was drowned by the indiscipline of his men, when he was being embarked on a boat. Panicked men jumped into the boat until it was swamped, and the Earl was drowned. Sir Richard Haddock and his lieutenant Thomas Mayo were among the half-dozen survivors. This was another sad example of the collapse of morale and discipline that plagued the the navy during this period. The loss of the Royal Prince at the Four Days' Battle was another example. After Solebay, Sir Richard Haddock was appointed to command the Lion. In 1673, he was appointed to command the Royal Charles, Prince Rupert's flagship. He commanded the Royal Charles and Sovereign in the first and second Schooneveld battles in May-June 1673. He acted as Prince Rupert's flag captain. On 1 June 1682, the commissioners appointed him to command the new 2nd Rate Duke (90 guns). In 1690, Admiral Haddock took part in the expedition to subdue Cork. The expedition landed their troops on September 23rd. The city surrendered 6 days later. After the Battle of Beachy Head, Sir Richard Haddock held joint command of the fleet with Henry Killebrew and Sir John Ashby. They were succeeded by Edward Russell in December 1691. Sources:

1. R. C. Anderson, Journals and Narratives of the Third Dutch War, 1946.
2. William Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Vol.II, 1898.
3. J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.