 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Basa raRoyal Oak muRoyal Navy rakanga riri pfupi, asi rakaitika zvikuru. Maererano naJohn Charnocks Bibliographia Navalis, Admiral Sir Christopher Myngs akanga ari kaputeni wayo muna 1664. Ngarava iyi yakarwa muhondo huru dzakawanda dzeHondo yechipiri yeEngland neDutch: Lowestoft, Hondo yeMazuva mana, uye Hondo yeSt. James Day. Muhondo yeLowestoft muna 1665, pasi pemutungamiriri weVice-Admiral Sir John Lawson, Royal Oak yaive mureza weVan Division yeDuke of Yorks Red Squadron; Sir John akazofa nekuda kwekukuvara kwaakawana muhondo. Mushure mokukundwa kweDutch Navy muhondo ya1666 paSt. James Day, vaEngland vakaita chikanganiso chokusarudza kuchengetedza mari uye kusiya ngarava mumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma munguva yekurwisana yakatevera, chisarudzo chakazoguma chaita kuti Royal Oak ipiswe nevaDutch panguva yavo Kurwisa paMedway muna 1667. 