Interregnum (1649–1660) Interregnum (1649–1660) The "interregnum" in England, Scotland, and Ireland started with the execution of Charles I in January 1649 (September 1651 in Scotland) and ended in May 1660 when his son Charles II was restored to the thrones of the three realms, although he had been already acclaimed king in Scotland since 1650. The precise start and end of the interregnum, as well as the social and political events that occurred during the interregnum, varied in the three kingdoms and the English dominions. After the Second English Civil War the leadership of the New Model Army felt deeply betrayed by
QSMV Dominion Monarch and reached The Downs on 1 April. The ship left Britain again on 28 April 1940. In wartime merchant and naval ships were blacked out, including their navigation lights. In May "Dominion Monarch" collided with a coaster that was part of a convoy in the English Channel. Damage seems to have been slight, as she continued "via" Cape Town to Australia, calling at Fremantle, Adelaide and Melbourne before reaching Sydney on 6 June. On her return voyage "Dominion Monarch" embarked 100 Australian soldiers in Sydney and brought them "via" Melbourne, Cape Town and Freetown to Liverpool in England, where she