The naval Battle of Elba (or Battle of Monte Cristo) was a naval battle which took place on 6 September 1652 between a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 fleet

Naval fleet

A fleet, or naval fleet, is a large formation of warships, and the largest formation in any navy. A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land....

 under Johan van Galen

Johan van Galen

Johan van Galen was a Commodore of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces of the Netherlands.He was born in Essen. He fought in the Eighty Years' War against Spain, becoming a captain in 1630 and a regular captain in 1635, mostly fighting the Dunkirkers...

 and an English

Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a sovereign state to the northwest of continental Europe. At its height, the Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and several smaller outlying islands; what today comprises the legal jurisdiction of England...

 fleet under Richard Badiley

Richard Badiley

Richard Badiley was an English naval officer. He saw service during the First Anglo-Dutch War.-Early service:He was a merchant, ship-owner, and ship-captain, probably related to several Badileys who, appear in Trinity House lists of shipmasters in the 1620s...

.

Battle

The English were trying to reach Livorno

Livorno

Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...

, where a squadron under Henry Appleton

Henry Appleton

Henry Appleton was a 19th-century American individualist anarchist. He was an editorial assistant to Benjamin Tucker, and a significant contributor to Liberty. Appleton was a graduate of Brown University.-External links:* by Henry Appleton...

was. The captured ship, Phoenix, was recaptured 2 months later during a night raid at Livorno.

Ships involved:

Netherlands (Johan van Galen)

Jaarsveld 44 (flag)

Prinses Royaal 34 (Albert Cornelisz 't Hoen; killed)

Wapen van Zeeland 32 (Joost Willemsz Block; killed)

Eendracht 40 (Jacob de Boer, Vice-Admiral)

Maan 40 (David Janszoon Bondt; killed)

Vereenigde Provinciën/Zeven Provinciën 40 (Hendrick Claeszoon Swart; killed)

Haarlem 40 (Dirck Quirijn Verveen)

Maagd van Enkhuysen 34 (Cornelis Tromp)

Zeelandia 32 (Andries de Boer)

Jonge Prins 28 (Cornelis Barentszoon Slordt)

England (Richard Badiley)

Paragon 52 (flag)

Elizabeth 36 (Jonas Reeves)

Phoenix 36 (John Wadsworth) - Captured by Eendracht

Constant Warwick 32 (Owen Cox)

Mary Rose 32 (hired merchantman, Jonas Poole)

William and Thomas 30 (hired merchantman, John Godolphin)

Thomas Bonaventure 28 (hired merchantman, George Hughes??)

Richard and William 24 (hired merchantman, John Wise??)