Battle of Puerto de Cavite | |||||||
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Part of Eighty Years' War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Dutch Republic | Spain | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
12 ships | Several local ships | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 ships | Unknown |
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The naval Battle of Puerto de Cavite took place on 10 June 1647 during the Eighty Years' War between a Spanish fleet and a Dutch fleet in Puerto de Cavite, an important Spanish port in Manila Bay, Philippines in which the Dutch were defeated.
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