List of Naval Battles - Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-74)

Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-74)

• 1652 May 29 Goodwin Sands (Dover) - English under Robert Blake fire on Maarten Tromp's Dutch fleet off Dover without declaring war and initiate the First Anglo-Dutch War
  • August 26 Plymouth - Michiel de Ruyter's 36 men-of-war hold off Ayscue's 45 men-of-war, driving them away
  • September 7 Elba (Monte Cristo) - Dutch under Jan van Galen beat back English under Richard Badiley
  • October 8 Kentish Knock (Zeeland Approaches) - English under Blake beat back Dutch under de With
  • December 10 Dungeness - Dutch under Tromp defeat English under Blake
• 1653 February 28-March 2 Portland (3 Days Battle) - Tromp, outnumbered, loses nine men-of-war and about 25 merchantmen to an English fleet under Blake
  • March 13 Leghorn - Dutch under Johan van Galen defeat English under Badiley and Appleton
  • June 12–13 Gabbard (North Foreland) - English defeat Dutch
  • August 8–10 Scheveningen (Ter Heide, Texel) - Dutch under Maarten Tromp repulse English blockading fleet under George Monck with both sides retreating. Tromp is killed
• 1664 December 29 - English squadron under Thomas Allin attacks Dutch merchant fleet (details)
• 1665 June 13 Lowestoft - English fleet under James Stuart, Duke of York badly defeat Dutch fleet under Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam
  • August 2 Vågen - English squadron repelled attempting to capture richly-laden Dutch merchant fleet in the bay of Bergen, Norway
• 1666 May 20 - Undecided encounter between an English and a combined Dutch\French squadron at the isle of Nevis
  • June 15 James River (Virginia)-Dutch under Abraham Crijnssen attacks Virginia tobacco fleet (Details)
  • June 11–14 Four Days - Dutch under de Ruyter defeats English fleet commanded by Albermarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine
  • August 4–5 St James's Day (North Foreland/Orfordness) - English under Albemarle and Prince Rupert of the Rhine defeat a Dutch fleet under de Ruyter
• 1667 - English fleet under Admiral Sir John Harman destroys part of French fleet at Martinique
  • June 9–14 Raid on the Medway - Dutch raid Medway river near London. The English flagship, Royal Charles, is captured
• 1672 March 12 - English squadron under Sir Robert Holmes attacks Dutch merchant fleet (Details)
  • June 7 - Solebay (Southwold) Dutch fleet under de Ruyter vs combined English/French under York
• 1673 June 7 and 14 First and Second battles of Schooneveld
  • August 21 Texel (Kijkduin)