Significance
The First Anglo-Dutch War was the first war to be fought entirely at sea, with no operations aiming at landing or supporting troops on shore, although the Dutch made plans for a raid on the Medway. Naval tactics developed rapidly. Some historians see the war as the beginning of the end of Dutch trade dominance; others consider the war to have been of little significance in this respect.
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