Second naval battle of Schooneveld

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In the Second Naval Battle of Schooneveld , the third naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War , jul met on June 4th . / June 14, 1673 greg. the fleet of the United Provinces of the Netherlands returned to the united fleets of England and the Kingdom of France . The battle took place in the North Sea off the Scheldt estuary .

The Second and First Naval Battles of Schooneveld are often described collectively as a double sea ​​battle .

The battle

A week earlier, the two fleets had fought against each other in the First Sea Battle of Schooneveld . While the Anglo-French fleet was cruising in front of the Dutch, hoping to lure their opponents out of the shallow coastal waters, the Dutch were able to strengthen themselves.

Taking advantage of a favorable wind, the Dutch attacked the Anglo-French fleet. This tried to evade and its lines immediately got into great disorder again. Only between the Dutch vanguard and the English rearguard was the battle, which lasted until the English coast was reached. There the Anglo-French fleet was able to escape into the Thames on the morning of June 15.

Thanks to the successes in both naval battles, the Dutch succeeded in averting an impending invasion from the seaside. Both parties met again in the sea ​​battle off Texel .

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 .