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Hawkyns cruise to Portugal


Fleet Formed8.1586NRS022
Fleet Disbanded10.1586NRS022

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Hawkyns's instructions were signed on 6th August, and he must have been at sea shortly afterwards, as on 27th and 8 September three vessels were taken off the Portuguese coast whose masters describe him as having altogether eighteen ships, of which four were Queen's men - of - war of 800 tons each, ' like the galleons of Portugal in appearance . One of these captures, or another prize, was a Flota ship of 150 tons from New Spain, and the deposition of Francisco de Valverde, taken in her off Cape St. Vincent,



ShipJoinedLeftCommanderNotes
Nonpareil (32) 1584-1603
British 32 Gun
2nd Rate Galleon
8.158610.1586
John HawkinsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1586-1588
Fleet disbanded
Lion (60) 1582-1609
British 60 Gun
3rd Rate Galleon
8.158610.1586
William BoroughBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1580-1598
Fleet disbanded
Hope (48) 1560-1602
British 48 Gun
Unrated Galleon
8.158610.1586
Thomas FennerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1585-1597
Fleet disbanded
Revenge (43) 1577-1591
British 43 Gun
2nd Rate Galleon
8.158610.1586
Edward BerkeleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1586
Fleet disbanded
Tremontana (21) 1586-1596
British 21 Gun
Unrated Unknown
8.158610.1586 Fleet disbanded

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