English Captain: John Utber

John Utber served in the Restoration navy. In 1663, the Duke of York appointed him as lieutenant of the 4th Rate Phoenix. In 1664, he became lieutenant of the 3rd Rate Plymouth. In 1665, he was appointed captain of the 5th Rate Guernsey (28 guns). He was killed in the attack on the Dutch East Indiamen at Bergen on 2 August 1665. Sources:

1. Frank Fox, A Distant Storm: the Four Days' Battle of 1666, 1996.
2. J.R. Tanner, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Vol.I, 1903.