Battle of Leghorn

The naval Battle of Leghorn (also known as the Battle of Livorno) took place on 14 March 1653, during the First Anglo-Dutch War, near Leghorn (Livorno), Italy. It was a victory of a Dutch fleet under Commodore Johan van Galen over an English squadron under Captain Henry Appleton. Afterward an English fleet under Richard Badiley, which Appleton had been trying to reach, came up but was outnumbered and fled.

England

Henry Appleton's squadron

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Bonaventure 44 - Blown up by Vereenigde Provincien

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Leopard 48 (flag) - Captured (by Eendracht?)

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Sampson 40 (hired merchantman) - Burnt by fireship

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Mary 30 (hired merchantman)

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Peregrine 30 (hired merchantman) - Captured by Zwarte Arend

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Levant Merchant 30 (hired merchantman) - Captured by Maagd van Enkhuysen

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Richard Badiley's fleet

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Paragon 52 (flag)

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Phoenix 36

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Elizabeth 36

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Constant Warwick 32

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Mary Rose 32 (hired merchantman)

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Lewis 30 (hired merchantman)

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William and Thomas 30 (hired merchantman)

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Thomas Bonaventure28 (hired merchantman)

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Charity (fireship)

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