Below are some samples of content from The Haddock Family of English Seafarers: Merchant Mariners and Naval Officers 1327–1941 and notes that did not fit in the book.
During the first three battles of the First Anglo-Dutch War, the young (later Admiral Sir) Richard Haddock served on the heavily armed, hired merchant ship Hannibal, commanded by his father, William Haddock.
During the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English carried out a highly successful August 1666 seaborne raid on the Dutch islands of Vlieland and Terschelling, where valuable storehouses were located…
In the 17th century, the trade of the English East India Company (EIC) was mostly focused on Surat, a textile center on India’s northwestern coast.
In 1718 Britain allied with Austria and other countries to deter aggression by Spain, which had lost its Italian empire to Austria under the 1713–14 Peace of Utrecht.
During the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48), the British fought the Spanish at the Battle of Toulon, off the coast of France.
Commander Edmund Wybergh Thruston, a fourth great-grandson of Admiral Nicholas Haddock, had a jaunty personality and often entertained his fellow sailors with musical comedies.
Back in December 2020 I was searching for the whereabouts of the Plaine Borderless Medal that (later Admiral Sir) Richard Haddock (c.1629–1715) was awarded for gallantry in the first three battles of the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–54) (See chapter 6).
