which a ship belonged as indicated by a letter in parenthesis preceding the name: (A) Amsterdam Admiralty (F) Friesland Admiralty (M) Maas (or Rotterdam) Admiralty (N) Noorderkwartier Admiralty (Z) Zeeland Admiralty No attempt can be made to indicate order of battle as the Dutch had not adopted the line-ahead system at this date, but the ships are indicated by squadron, within each of which the order of precedence is given, with the ships of the admiral, vice-admiral and rear-admiral listed first. Squadron Command ships The 1st (Amsterdam) Squadron The 2nd (Zeeland) Squadron The 3rd (Maas) Squadron The 4th (Friesland) Squadron The 5th (Amsterdam) Squadron The 7th (Noorderkwartier) Squadron Other Dutch ships Four ships were left behind in the Texel when the fleet sailed on 23/24 May, due to shortage of men. These were the Amsterdam Admiralty's Zuiphen (36), Groot Harder (38), Leiden (36) and Kat (21). References External links Kentish Knock's blog on Anglo-Dutch Sea Wars Naval battles of the Second Anglo-Dutch War Anglo-Dutch Wars orders of battle