04.09 - The Raid on the Medway

Bankruptcy forces the Royal Navy into port. I'm sure it'll be safe.

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• David Onnekink & Gijs Rommelse, The Dutch in the Early Modern World.
• Steve Murdoch, The terror of the Seas: Scottish Maritime Warfare, 1513-1713, 2010.

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