Follow William Penn through 22 dated historical records for England.
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William Penn was a English officer in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. Dutch sea operations near Dungeness followed an effort to protect merchant traffic through the Channel during the First Anglo Dutch War.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn was a English officer in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. Tromp and Blake led the opposing fleets in a battle near Dungeness that resulted in an English retreat after fierce fighting.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn was a English officer in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. The Dutch success temporarily improved the passage of merchant shipping through the English Channel before the campaign resumed.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn served as a English flag officer in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The three day battle near Portland pitted Dutch convoy escorts against an English fleet and culminated in heavy damage to Dutch warships.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn served as a English flag officer in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The fighting centred on Dutch merchant shipping returning through the Channel and the opposing effort to intercept its naval escort.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn served as a English flag officer in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The Dutch escort preserved part of its merchant convoy although the English fleet gained the advantage in the three day engagement.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn was a English admiral during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. The naval operations off the English east coast formed part of the campaign that culminated in the Battle of the Gabbard near the Suffolk coast.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn was a English admiral during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. The fleets manoeuvred in the southern North Sea as England and the Dutch Republic contested maritime communications in June 1653.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn was a English admiral during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. Sources associate the June 1653 engagement with the Gabbard and North Foreland rather than establish an independent major battle at Harwich.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. On the opening day English and Dutch squadrons fought near the Gabbard shoal while the English made effective use of sustained gunnery.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. On the following day renewed English pressure and additional warships contributed to a major Dutch reversal in the North Sea.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The Dutch fleet withdrew after losses in the two day battle, allowing English forces to intensify pressure on Dutch shipping.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The opposing English and Dutch fleets engaged off Scheveningen in the final major naval battle of the First Anglo Dutch War.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The death of Maarten Tromp during the engagement seriously disrupted Dutch command while fighting continued across the fleets.
Role range: 1652-1654
William Penn served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The severe Dutch losses contrasted with the strategic importance of ending the immediate pressure of the English blockade on coastal shipping.
Role range: 1652-1654
Prepares to command the naval force for Cromwell's Western Design
Role range: 1654-1660
Fails to capture Hispaniola before the expedition turns toward Jamaica
Role range: 1655-1660
Helps capture Jamaica from Spain during Cromwell's Western Design
Role range: 1655-1660
Serves as a senior English flag officer during the battle.
Role range: 1665-1667 – 1621-1670
William Penn served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The English and Dutch fleets assembled off the Suffolk coast for the first great fleet battle of the Second Anglo Dutch War.
Role range: 1665-1667
William Penn served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The fighting was shaped by fleet formations and heavy broadsides as both sides contested control of the waters off Lowestoft.
Role range: 1665-1667
William Penn served as a English admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The destruction and capture of numerous Dutch vessels gave the English a decisive victory and disrupted Dutch naval command.
Role range: 1665-1667
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