Following the settlement at Utrecht relations between England and the Hanse remained remarkably tranquil until almost the end of Edward IV's reign. During the 1470s the waters around the British Isles were largely free from assaults on shipping. The only piratical incidents recorded are the seizure of a Stralsund ship in 1474 and a Lübeck ship in 1475, while a Danzig ship and its cargo were pressed into the king's service by the admiral, Lord Howard, in 1478. This unaccustomed state of affairs was not, however, unique to Anglo-Hanseatic relations. Overall, there was a dramatic fall in the number of piracies, as a result of the reassertion of the king's authority and the general peace which existed, apart from the brief expedition to France in 1475. A number of Hanseatic ships were pillaged after being wrecked on English coasts, but looters recognised neither friend nor foe, so this activity does not indicate any special animosity against Germans. In any case, the crown ordered the investigation of all reported incidents, and satisfaction was probably given, since few of them reappear in any of the detailed lists of damages submitted to the conferences held to consider such matters during the reign of Henry VII. Hanse merchants were just beginning to sail to Iceland, where the English had half a century's start on them, and a number of clashes occurred between the two groups in these waters, now one side and now the other being cited as the aggressor.