"Book Review: Cromwell's Wars at Sea" Topic

"My interest in Cromwell's naval campaigns came indirectly in that, I was interested in the Anglo Dutch Wars and the first of these was fought by the Commonwealth Navy. I was conscious that my focus appeared to be creeping further and further back into the 17th century and had now started bumping into the latter stages of the English Civil War and Thirty Years War. Not a problem in and of itself but, for me, a little concerning regarding scope creep. The rebalancing factor is of course that many of the ships which fought right through to the end of the 17th century were actually built in the first half of the century and served continously through a series of wars. Sometimes the ships were renamed and sometimes also rebuilt.

This serves as an introduction then to my shift of interest to the 1st Anglo Dutch War. The main differences between this war and the later two conflicts beginning in 1665 and 1672 were as follows:…"

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Amicalement
Armand

I'll have to have a look. I think in Britain the focus is always on Cromwell's land campaigns, the sea war is very much an afterthought in the general history of this period.
Being a bit of a republican it should be an interesting read.
Regards
Astro

Glad you like it my friend!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Not to be discussed:

BBC – Battle of Medway: The English defeat that's largely forgotten

Neither:

Wiki – Raid on the Medway

There's a good chapter on the Royalist privateers in the Isles of Scilly and Channel Islands. It would make a cracking little campaign.

Thanks!

Amicalement
Armand