English Captain: Arnold Brown

Arnold Browne definitely served in the Restoration navy. Someone named Arnold Browne commanded the hired ship London in 1653, so perhaps that was the same man. Anderson's Mariner's Mirror article called him Arthur Browne, but the list of captains from 1642 to 1660 was done much later, so that list is more authoritative. Arnold (or Arthur) Browne fought in the Battle of the Gabbard where he was assigned to James Peacock's division in the Red Squadron. In 1661, Arnold Browne was appointed to command the 3rd Rate Dunkirk. In 1663, he was operating under Thomas Allin's command in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1664, he was appointed to command the 3rd Rate Anne. He was dismissed from the service sometime in 1664. 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, The Journals of Sir Thomas Allin, Vol.I 1660-1666, 1939.
3. R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964.
4. William Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Vol.II, 1898.
5. David Syrett, R. L. DiNardo, The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815, 1994.