The (hi)story
After the battle of Chatham in 1667, the HMS Royal Charles, then under the command of Captain George Monk, was taken as a trophy to Holland by Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter. The glorious transom of this ultimate British humiliation can still be seen in the permanent collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
In 1938 the grand-grand-grandson of Cptn Monk commissioned the build of a sailing ship, which he called Royal Charles as a tribute to his forefathers. Unfortunately for the grand-grand-grandson of Cptn Monk, this ship also ended in The Netherlands (Walsbay)

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