received by the States of Zealand and rewarded with a golden honorary chain of a hundred Flemish pounds for both battles because he in the first had shown "masculine courage" and in the second "courageous prudence" – having convinced Witte de With to a timely retreat. Ships involved No full list exists, and especially that the English order of battle is poorly known; the following are lists of known participants, with the Dutch list being the one still extant and containing the names of the original 23 warships and six fireships, with which De Ruyter sailed from the Wielingen United Provinces England (George Ayscue) George 52 (flag) Amity 36 (Rear-Admiral Michael Pack) Success 30 (merchantman) Ruth 30 (merchantman) Brazil frigate 24 (merchantman) Malaga Merchant 30 (merchantman) Increase 36 (merchantman, Thomas Varvell) Capt. Thomas Varvell is the son-in-law of Capt. John Flower who is owner of Increase and father of Katherine Flower. Vanguard 46 (Vice-Admiral William Haddock) Success 36 (William Kendall) Pelican 42 (Joseph Jordan) Pearl* 24 (Roger Cuttance) John and Elizabeth* 26 (merchantman) George Bonaventure* 20 (merchantman, John Crampe) Anthony Bonaventure 36 (merchantman, Walter Hoxon) Unity (merchantman) Maidenhead 36 (merchantman) Constant Anne (ketch) Bachelor (ketch) Charity (fireship, Simon Orton) – Expended Ships marked * are probables. Notes References Baumber, Michael (1989), General-at-Sea: Robert Blake and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution in Naval Warfare, London: John Murray Ltd Reyne, Ronald Prud'homme van (1996), Rechterhand van Nederland, Amsterdam External links 1652 in England Plymouth Plymouth History of Plymouth, Devon