Holmes’s Bonfire 1666
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…
The Battle of Portland, 1653
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.