The English expedition to the Baltic in late 1652

Andrew Ball commanded a squadron sent to the Baltic in the fall of 1652. They sailed in September with 18 ships. We seem to only have an incomplete list. Andrew Ball used the large, new 3rd Rate Antelope as his flagship. They encountered a storm on the homeward voyage and the Antelope was wrecked on the coast of Jutland, in Denmark. This is the list of ships of which we are reasonably sure, based on R. C. Anderson's article in the 1938 Mariner's Mirror:

Rate Ship                  Date   Guns Crew  Commander
3rd  Antelope              1652   50   350   Andrew Ball
4th  Tiger                 1623   40   350   James Peacock
5th  Recovery                     24    80   Francis Allen
5th  Star                  1643   24    80   Peter Motham
4th  Gillyflower           1651   32   120   John Hayward
5th  Paul (P)              1652   30   120   Thomas Adams
4th  Prosperous (M)               44   180   John Barker
5th  Elizabeth and Ann (M)        30   120*  Richard Langford
5th  Oak (P)               1652   32   120   John Edwin
5th  Greyhound             1636   20    80   Henry Southwood
4th  Hannibal (M)                 44   180   Francis Barham
4th  Thomas and William (M)       36   140   John Jefferson
4th  John (M)                     34   150   John Cole

There were five others whose identity is unknown. 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, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964
3. C. T. Atkinson, Ed., The First Dutch War, Vol.IV, 1910