Christian Fleet at Candia, 18 July 1667

Allied Christian Fleet at Candia composed of 30 ships: 9 Venetian, 7 from Malta, 6 Papal & 8 Spanish (4 from Naples & 4 from Sicily)

Source: Guglielmotti A. Storia della marina pontificia. V. 8. P. 281

Venetian fleet in 1665

Source: d'Alquies S. Les memories du voyage de monsieur le Marquis de Ville au Levant, ou l'Histoire curieuse du sige de Candia... 1671. S. 90-92.

Austrian naval & riverin forces in 1788-89

Fregatte "Maria Teresia", 1768

Kaiser fleet in 1788 composed of Donau flotilla (5 ships based in Semlin) & 2 small squadrons on Adriatic Sea, in Triest (5 ships) & in Zengg or Senia (3)
Donau flotilla, Major Wilhelm von Immens
- Fregatte "Maria Teresia", 24 12-pdr, James Williams (see more about it here: link)
- Schaluppen "Ferdinand", 18 12-pdr, Comming
- Schaluppen "Albert", 12 12-pdr, Beaumont

Dutch squadron sent to protect Danzig in June 1656

In June of 1656 Dutch Republic sent a naval squadron to prevent Swedish capture of Danzig. The fall of the city would lead to the loss of the Polish grain market. The squadron consisted of 42 ships with 1682 cannons & 6425 men plus 1400 foot soldiers. The commander was Lieutenant-Admiral Jakob van Wassenaer Obdam. In July of 1656 the squadron broke the Swedish blockade & came to Danzig. Dutch reinforced the city garrison with 1400 Dutch soldiers as an auxiliary troops on Danzig's service. They stayed there till the December of 1657.

Venetian fleet on a way to St. Maura, August 1684

Ordinanza dell'Armata Veneta partita da Corfù accompagnata dalle galere ponentine
Luglio 1684 Limpresa di S. Maura (source)

Click to enlarge the image to see details on Venetian & allied ships.

Venetian fleet in the campaign of 1716

One more list of the Venetian fleet in 1716 (see also here: link)
Commanding officers:

Ships:

French fleet in 1672

"Liste des Vaisseaux de l'Armee Navale qui doit servir l'anne 1672" from Le Mercure Galant, Tome 1, 1672, P. 299-305.
Squadron in Rochefort

Squadron in Brest

Dutch & French fleets in the battle of Tobago, 22 March 1677

Dutch squadron under commodore Jacob Binckes was of 3 ships-of-line (top 3 in the table below), 5 frigates, 3 armed merchants (the last 3), a brander (De Zaeyer) & a yacht (De Fortuyn)

Ship	Captain	Cannons	Crew
Bescherminge	Jakob Binckes	50	153
Provincie van Zeelant	Pieter Constant	44	118
Huis te Kruiningen	Roermer-Vlack	56	128
Middelbourg	Jan Swart	36	83
Wapen van Leyden	Galtje Galtjes	34	73
Popjesburgh	Pieter Stolwijck	24	52
De Goude Star	Pieter Cooreman	28	74
L’Alcion (ex-French)	Cornelis Stolwijck	24	25
Duc de Jork	Fredrick Sweers	26	35
De goude Munnick	Dirck Schoen	31	25
De Sphaera mundi	Wylof Langerys	12	20

French fleet under D’Estrees was of 6 ship-of-line (top 6 in the table below), 4 frigates, one brander & some other smaller ships. There about 4,000 men on the ships, inl. 9 companies of soldiers (450) & about 400 volunteers.

Swedish navy in January of 1719

Swedish navy was of 24 ships-of-line, 20 frigates, 21 galleys, 18 brigantines & some other ships. Ships were divided into 3 departments/bases (see details below): Karlskrone (main base), Stockholm & Geteborg. Navy crew were about 13,600, incl. 10,300 of indelta, the rest were enlisted.

Swedish naval squadron under Vice-Admiral De Prou at Narva, May 1704

In spring of 1704 Swedes decided to send a naval squadron to attack new Russian fortifications in the mouth of Neva (later S. Peterburg). It consisted of 6 ships-of-line (Westmanland, 62; Halland, 56; Wachtmeister, 40; Goteborg; Wrede; Norrkoping), 8 frigates (Reval, Stralsund, Falcon, Eleonora, Saurenfive, Dauphin, Postilion, Kischenfell), 2 brigantines (Goya, Castor), 2 mortar ships (Thunder, Vesuvius), one hospital ship, one ship with provision & an aviso - totaled 462 cannons & 2340 sailors excluding soldiers. The squadron was under command of Admiral Cornelius Anckarstjerna, Vice-Admiral Jakob de Prou & Schoutbynacht Claes Sparre von Sövdeborg. By the end of April of 1704 all ships except Anckarstjerna’s Westmanland arrived in Reval. Swedish captive captain Georg Stael von Holstein told that de Prou’s ship was of 58 cannons, other ships-of-line were of 40, 30 & 28 cannons. Brigantines were of 12 cannons. Landing party was about 2,000 men: infantry regiments Otto Rehbinder (about 600 men in 8 coys, incl. one of dragoons) & Boguslaw von der Pahlen (1,200 in 8 coys) & a battalion under Bruhn (no any info).

First Swedes sent a convoy of 9 armed ships (frigates & brigantines?) & 8 transports to supply a garrison of Narva which has a shortage of provision. They arrived to the mouth of Narova river on 7 of May, but couldn’t enter the river because of wrong wind. Next day Russian Corps under Petr Apraxin came to the Narova. It consisted of 3 weak infantry regiments (Shakhowski, Titov & Bilits) & Suwas Dragoons – totaled 2,456 men with 3 6-pdr & 6 3-pdr cannons. The same day Russians built a battery at the river’s mouth. On 9 of May the weather improved & two Swedish ships sailed into the river. They were met by Russian battery & had to retreat.

On 21 of May De Prou arrived with the rest of squadron. Now he had 35 ships: 17 armed & 18 transports. The same night Swedes disembarked Rehbinder regiment on the left bank of Narova. On 22 of May it marched to Narva & joined the garrison. Horn sent 300 foot & 200 of cavalry to meet it, but Russians were too weak to attack.

On 24 of May several Swedish ships, incl. both mortar ships, attacked the Russian battery, but without success. The next day De Prou returned to Reval, where he met with Anckarstjerna with Westmanland. Soon the Swedish squadron sailed to Retusaari, but it’s an other story.

Эскадра де Пру у Нарвы, май 1704.

Строительство новой крепости и базы в устье Невы серьезно беспокоило шведское командование, и весной 1704 из Карлскроны в Финский залив был снаряжена эскадра под командованием адмирала Корнелиуса Анкерштерны (Cornelius Anckarstjerna). В ее состав вошли 6 линкоров (Westmanland, 62; Halland, 56; Wachtmeister, 40; Goteborg; Wrede; Norrkoping), 8 фрегатов (Reval, Stralsund, Falcon, Eleonora, Saurenfive, Dauphin, Postilion, Kischenfell), 2 бригантины (Goya, Castor), 2 бомбардирских судна (Thunder, Vesuvius), по одному госпитальному и транспортному судну и авизо - всего 462 орудия и 2340 моряков без учета солдат. Вместе с Анкерштерном эскадрой командовали вице-адмирал Якоб Де Пру (Jakob de Prou) и контр-адмирал (Schoutbynacht, шутбинахт) Клаус Спарре (Claes Sparre von Sövdeborg). К концу апреля все суда эскадры, кроме флагманского Westmanland прибыли в Ревель.

Swedish naval squadron in the Finish Gulf, 1707

The staff of the so-called "Nyenska eskadren" in 1707 from Hjelmqvist's Kriget i Finland och Inger (S. 217). It supported operations of the Army of Finland under Lybecker

Kaiser's riverine squadron on Danube river in 1737-39

I found very interesting info about Austrian riverine squadron on Danube during the war with Turkey in 1737-39 in Schmettau's work. It consisted of 9 ships & 6 galleys under admiral Pallavicini.

Russian Baltic Fleet, May 1708

According to a data by British ambassador Charles Whitworth Russian Baltic Fleet consisted of the following ships in May of 1708:

type	number	cannons	crew	comments
Ships (frigates)	12	172	1540	32-28 cannons per one
Galleys	8	64	4000	8 cannons per one
Brander	6	nd	nd
Bombardier ships	2	nd	nd
Schnau	10	140	600	14 cannons per one
Small brigantine	20	80	1000	8 cannons per one
Half-galleys	140	?	7000
Other small ships	136	nd	nd

Список царского флота в Санкт-Петербурге, май 1708.

Согласно комментарию С.И. Елагина данный список был приложен к донесению британского посла Ч. Витворта, хранящемуся в Лондонском государтсвенном архиве. В публикации писем Витворта в Сборнике Императорского Русского исторического общества (Т. 50. СПб. 1886) данное донесение отсутствует.

Ист: Материалы для истории русского флота. Часть 1 (ред.С.И. Елагин). СПб. 1865. СС 152-153

Swedish squadron in the Gulf of Finland, 1707-1708

This squadron under Admiral Anckarstjerna supported Lubecker's troops in their campaign in Ingria in 1708 & then evacuated his army back to Finland

The source is Hjelmqvist's Kriget i Finland och Ingermanland 1707 och 1708

Swedish squadron on Peipus Lake, June-July 1703

Previously I wrote about Swedish squadron on Peipus Lake (link) & its disaster in the battle of Embach (link). In the beginning of June 1703 Dorpat’s commandant Skytte sent the squadron of 14 ships to raise Russian settlements near Pskov. One of the landing parties was cut-off & destroyed by Pskov Streltzy under colonel Ivan Bashmakov. Swedish captives told that the squadron was of the following ships (no ship names, only a number of cannons & crews):

ship	cannon	sailors	soldiers
1	14	30	60
2	12	30	60
3	10	15	20
4	8	15	20
5-6	6	20	30
7-14	4	20	30

Шведская флотилия на Псковском и Чудском озерах, июнь-июль 1703.

Ранее я уже писал о составе шведской дерптской флотилии (см подробнее) и ее разгроме в бою на реке Амовже (см подробнее). На днях в документах Кабинета Петра Великого я нашел отписку псковского стрелецкого полковника Ивана Башмакова от 14 июля 1703 г. Он пишет, что дерптский комендант Скютте послал в начале июня флотилию в составе 14 шкут для разоренья русского побережья. Одна из десантных партий была разбита подоспевшими псковскими стрельцами, и взятые в бою пленные дали информацию о составе, вооружении и численности флотилии. Названия кораблей в отписке Башмакова отсутствуют, только перечисление по порядку: «на первом шкуте 14 пушек, да 30 ратманов [матросов], да 60 человек [солдат]» и т.д.

Dutch squadron on Baltic Sea, October 1658

Jakob van Wassenaar Obdam
Dutch lieutenant-admiral-general
(1610-1665)

In autumn of 1658 Holland sent a naval squadron on Baltic Sea to support Denmark in the war with Sweden. It consisted of 35 ships, 1 335 cannons, 4 877 sailors & 2 045 of infantry in 38 companies. Commanding officers were lieutenant-admiral-general Jacob van Wassenaar Obdam (see wiki about him) & his second-in-command vice-admiral Witte Corneliszoon de With (see wiki about him). Below is a list of Dutch ships on 17 October 1658. Three weeks later them fought at the battle of Sound on 8 November 1658 (see wiki about it).

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See also about Dutch expedition on Baltic in 1656 (link)

Голландская эскадра на Балтике, октябрь 1658

Осенью 1658 Соединенные провинции отправили на Балтику на помощь Дании и ее союзникам эскадру под командованием адмирал-лейтенанта Якоба Обдама (см о нем) и вице-адмиралов де Витта (см о нем) и Питера Флоризона. В составе эскадры было 35 кораблей, 1335 орудий, 4877 матросов. Кроме этого, на кораблях было 38 рот пехоты, 2045 чел. Выше дан список кораблей голландской эскадры 17 октября 1658, эта же эскадра сражалась в битве при Зунде 8 ноября 1658 (см о нем).

Swedish squadron on Peipus Lake, May 1704

Swedish brigantine “Ulrica” from Dorpat squadron

Source: Kroon K. Kolme lovi ja greifi all pohjasojas. Tallin, 2007.

As I wrote in the previous message, Sweden didn’t have any naval forces on Peipus & Ladoga lakes at the outbreak of the Great Northern war. The creation of a squadron on Peipus started in spring of 1701, when Amiralitetskollegium sent carpenter J. Falck to Dorpat. In the beginning of July vice-admiral Gideon v. Numers arrived to Dorpat with a royal order to increase activities. By autumn 1701 riverine squadron under captain Magnus Hökflycht (Hökeflycht) consisted of brigantine Elephant (10 cannons), yacht Vivat (6 cannons) & 4 small sloops.  

By summer of 1702 the squadron was under command of commander Carl Gustav Loschern von Hertzfeld. Hökflycht was his second-in-command. Yacht Vivat of 1701 was sunk by Russians on Peipus in 1702. By the end of the year a new Vivat was built on a shipyard on Embach river. Also in 1702 were built Carl XII (12 cannons) & other smaller ships. By May of 1704 the squadron was of 13 ships: Victoria (6), Numers (4), Wachtmeister (14), Horn (4), Carlscrona (12), Stromfeld (5), Carl XII/Carolus (12), Narva (8), Schlippenbach (4), Elephant (6), Ulrica (10), Skytte (8), Vivat (6).  

On 3 May 1704 the squadron under Loschern left Dorpat to Peipus lake to catch a Russian squadron. According to Swedish sources 13 ships had 99 cannons, 320 sailors & 250 soldiers from Dorpat garrison. Next day they were encountered on river Embach near town Kaster by Russian troops under GM Nicolas von Werden. Carolus under Loscharn command was exploded by its crew. The rest ships were taken by Russians. According to Sheremetev’s campaign journal Russians took 86 cannons but some of them Swedes had time to throw in water. So, the table presents 78 cannons. Also Swedish list of ships includes Carlscrona (12 cannons), but the Russian one – Dorpat with 10.  

	Ships names	Swedish sources	Russian source
1	Victoria	6	6 (6 3-pdr)
2	Nummers	4	4 (4 3-pdr)
3	Wachtmeister	14	14 (7 4-pdr, 5 3-pdr, 2 2-pdr)
4	Horn	4	4 (2 3-pdr, 2 2-pdr)
5	Carlscrona	12	-
6	Stromfeld	5	2 (2 2-pdr)
7	Carolus	12	-
8	Narva	8	7 (3 4-pdr, 2 3-pdr)
9	Schlippenbach	4	3 (2 3-pdr, 1 2-pdr)
10	Elephant	6	8 (4 4-pdr, 4 2-pdr)
11	Ulrica	10	10 (10 3-pdr)
12	Skytte	8	4 (2 3-pdr, 2 2-pdr)
13	Vivat	6	6 (6 3-pdr)
14	Dorpat	-	10 (10 3-pdr)

Шведская флотилия на Псковском и Чудском озерах, май 1704 

Ранее я уже упоминал о причинах появления шведских флотилий в Дерпте и Нотебурге. Создание шведской флотилии на Псковском и Чудском озерах относится к весне 1701, когда по решению Адмиралтейской коллегии в Дерпт для устройства верфи на реке Амовже был отправлен плотник Йохан Фальк. Как уже упоминалось в приведенном ранее документе, 21 июня 1701 вице-адмирал Гидеон ф. Нумерс получил королевский приказ от 16 июня о необходимости уничтожения русской флотилии на Чудском озере. Он немедленно прибыл в Дерпт, где занялся организацией и снаряжением судов новой флотилии. К осени 1701 под командованием капитана Магнуса Хокфлюхта (M. Hökflycht, также Hökeflycht) находились бригантина «Элефант» (10 пушек), яхта «Виват» (6 пушек) и 4 небольших шлюпа.