Battle of Goodwin Sands

Battle Of Goodwin Sands

Coordinates: 51°16′26″N 1°30′29″E / 51.274°N 1.508°E / 51.274; 1.508

First Anglo-Dutch War
  • Goodwin Sands
  • Plymouth
  • Kentish Knock
  • Dungeness
  • Portland
  • Leghorn
  • Gabbard
  • Scheveningen

The naval Battle of Goodwin Sands (also known as the Battle of Dover), fought on 29 May 1652 (19 May 1652 in the Julian Calendar then used in England), was the first engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War between the navies of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.

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