During the Second Civil War, much of the Parliamentary fleet mutinied and went over to the Royalists, joining Prince Charles off the Kent coast. The Downs — the anchorage between the Kent coast and the Goodwin Sands — became the arena for a naval standoff. Parliamentary admiral Warwick maintained enough ships to prevent a Royalist landing. The standoff was resolved when Scottish and English Royalist defeats on land made a landing pointless.
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