English Captain: Benjamin Sacheverelli

Benjamin Sacheverelli served in the Commonwealth navy. He died in 1656. From 1654 to 1655, he commanded the 5th Rate Pearl (22 guns). He was with the fleet commanded by Robert Blake that was dispatched to the Mediterranean Sea in 1654. In 1655, he commanded the 5th Rate Norwich, a new ship. In July 1655, Robert Blake had Benjamin Sacheverelli take a dispatch to England. Blake was in the 2nd Rate George near Cape St. Vincent. In 1656, he commanded the 4th Rate President. Sources:

1. R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964
2. William Laird Clowes, The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, Vol.II, 1898
3. J. R. Powell, Ed., The Letters of Robert Blake, 1937