midnight on June 2nd
These they captured , to the great loss of the merchants of London . The _ Henrietta _ had suffered but little in the storm , and speedily repaired her damages without going into port . With so much haste and energy did the crews of the injured ships set to work at refitting them , that in four days after the main body had anchored off Lowestoft , they were rejoined by all the ships that had made for Harwich and Yarmouth . At midnight on June 2nd , a fast-sailing fishing-boat brought in the news that the Dutch Fleet were but a few miles away , sailing in that direction , having apparently learnt the position of the English from some ship or fishing-boat they had captured . The trumpets on the admiral 's ship at once sounded , and Prince Rupert and the Earl of Sandwich immediately rowed to her . They remained but a few minutes , and on their return to their respective vessels made the signals for their captains to come on board . The order , at such an hour , was sufficient to notify all that news must have been received of the whereabouts of the Dutch Fleet , and by the time the captains returned to their ships the crews were all up and ready to execute any order .