First naval battle of Schooneveld
The first naval battle of Schooneveld, June 7th 1673 by Willem van de Velde the Elder , painted circa 1684.
date | June 7, 1673 - June 14, 1673 |
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place | North Sea |
output | Dutch victory |
Parties to the conflict | |
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Commander | |
Troop strength | |
86 ships 24,295 men 4,826 guns |
64 ships 14,762 men 3,157 cannons |
losses | |
2 ships |
1 ship |
In the First Naval Battle of Schooneveld , the second naval battle in the Third Anglo-Dutch War , jul met on May 28th . / June 7th 1673 greg. the fleet of the United Provinces of the Netherlands to the combined fleets of the restored Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France . The battle took place in the North Sea off the Scheldt estuary .
The first and second naval battles of Schooneveld are often described collectively as a double naval battle .
The battle
After the setback in the naval battle of Solebay , the English and French planned again to land in the Netherlands and reached the Dutch coast on June 7, 1673 with 81 ships of the line, 27 of them French. Michiel de Ruyter faced them with 52 ships of the line and broke through the French line in the center. Since the Dutch vanguard was pushed away from the English vanguard, he had to come to their aid with the rest of the fleet. The fighting lasted until evening.
The Anglo-French fleet was in great disarray, withdrew and cruised off the Dutch coast for a week. Both fleets met again after a week in the Second Naval Battle of Schooneveld .
literature
- Gerard Brandt : Het leven en het bedryf van den Heere Michiel de Ruyter. Waasberge et al., Amsterdam 1687, ( digitized version ).
- Charles R. Boxer : The Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th Century. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London 1974, ISBN 0-11-290169-7 .
- Roger Hainsworth, Christine Churches: The Anglo-Dutch Naval Wars 1652–1674. Sutton Publishing Limited, Stroud 1998, ISBN 0-7509-1787-3 .
- Ronald Prud´homme van Reine: Right hand van Nederland. Biography of Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter (= Open Domein. 32). De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam 1996, ISBN 90-295-3486-9 .