Goodsonn also took part in the Battle of the Dunes in 1658 (bombardment of the Spanish army by the English Navy to support the Anglo-French army).[2][3]
Operations in the Sound
In November 1658, Goodsonn was appointed Commander of the English Baltic Fleet that instructed to transport General at Sea Sir George Ayscue who was being loaned to Sweden to assist in their naval operations against Denmark and the Dutch.[4]
All the fleet apart from Essex, Maidstone, and Expedition sailed from the Downs on 17 November, and the expedition left the Thames the following day. Goodsonn left Aldborough Bay on 18 November, but after three days he was forced back to port by strong winds. On 3 December, the fleet sailed again and, in six days, it reached the Skaw. Most of the fleet was prevented from rounding the Skaw by continuous winds.[7]
On 15 December, having accomplished little, Goodsonn decided to return home. That night the wind became a gale. The Bridgewater ran into the stern of the Swiftsure, Goodsonn's flagship, and lost her bowsprit, foremast, and mainmast. The Preston lost her bowsprit, foremast, and main topmast, the Ruby sprung her mainmast and bowsprit, and nearly every ship was damaged. None was lost, and from 22 December until the end of the year they anchored on the English coast between Great Yarmouth and Harwich.[7]
At the end of March 1659, Mountagu set out for the Baltic with a new fleet of 40 ships, with Goodsonn and Sir Richard Stayner as his deputies. On 16 May, following the collapse of Richard Cromwell’s government, fresh orders told Mountagu not to attack.[8]
