We do have a list of the English fleet lying in the Downs on 17 June 1652 (new style). The list is sparse, but I can fill in many of the details. The old ships such as Garland and Entrance were classed as small 3rd Rates in the First Anglo-Dutch War, but after the Restoration were classed as 4th Rates.
Navy Ships
Rate Ship Date Guns Crew Commander
2nd James 1634 60 350 William Penn
2nd Triumph 1623 62 350 Benjamin Blake
2nd Andrew 1622 350 Nehemiah Bourne
2nd Victory 1620 52 300 Lionel Lane
3rd Speaker 1650 52 280 John Gilson
3rd Fairfax 1650 280 John Lawson
3rd Garland 1620 44 200 John Gibbs
3rd Entrance 1619 200
3rd Convertine 1650 200
3rd Worcester 1651 44 200
4th Laurel 1651 48 200
4th Centurion 1650 40 180
4th Adventure 1646 40 160
4th Nonsuch 1646 38 160
4th Dragon 1647 38 160
4th Assurance 1646 32 160
4th Diamond 1651 40 180
4th Ruby 1651 42 180
4th President 1650 42 180
4th Foresight 1650 40 180
4th Sapphire 1651 38 160
4th Portsmouth 1650 36 170
4th Advice 1650 170
4th Tiger 1647 40 160 James Peacock
5th Greyhound 1636 80
5th Mermaid 1651 24 90
5th Nightingale 1651 90
5th Swan 1645 80
5th Old Warwick 1643 80
5th Cygnet 1643 22 80
5th Star 1643 24 80 Peter Motham
4th Gillyflower 1651 32 120 John Hayward
Fortune 70
6th Paradox 14 60
6th Drake 12 50
6th Martin 12 50
5th Recovery 24 80 Francis Allen
6th Weymouth pink 18 60
Lady pinnace 24
FS George
FS Mousenest
Horsely Down shallop 1652 50
Deptford shallop 1652 50
Hired Merchant Ships
Rate Ship Date Guns Crew Commander
4th Prosperous 44 180 John Barker
Hannibal 44 180 Francis Barham
5th Seven Brothers 26 Robert Land
Richard and Benjamin 26
Hercules 34
John 34 150
Reformation 40 160
Sandwich pink
Mary ketch
Richard and Martha 46 170
Loyalty 34 150
Thomas and William 36 140
Love
Giles 30 100
Katherine
Robert and Richard 46 170
Mary 18 70
Magdalen 75
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