How well would I be able to align a list of ships with those we know?

What if we had a list of ships, with admiralties, ship names, number of guns, dimensions, and even gun lists. There may be no indication of which captains commanded the ships. How well would we be able to align such a list with the list of known ships and captains in the Dutch navy for the First Anglo-Dutch War? This may soon be more than just and academic question, if I receive a certain set of information in the mail (hopefully in the next few weeks).