The Age of Sail · 12 June 1667
The Royal Charles Carried Off
The Dutch sail up an English river and tow away England’s flagship
In June 1667 a Dutch fleet did something no enemy had done before or has done since: it sailed up an English river, past the forts, into the heart of the Royal Navy’s home dockyard, and came out towing the…
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