St. James's Day Battle

St. James's Day Battle

Coordinates: 51°22′01″N 1°36′00″E / 51.367°N 1.600°E / 51.367; 1.600

St James' Day Battle
Part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Date 25 July (Julian calendar) or 4 August (Gregorian calendar), 1666
Location near North Foreland, England
Result English Victory
Belligerents
England Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Prince Rupert of the Rhine and George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle Michiel de Ruyter
Strength
90 ships, plus 16 fireships 89 ships, plus 20 fireships and 9 yachts
Casualties and losses
1 English ship (Resolution) sunk, ca 300 killed 2 Dutch ships (Sneek and Tholen) taken, ca 800 killed
Second
Anglo-Dutch War
Europe
  • Lowestoft
  • Vågen
  • Four Days' Battle
  • St. James's Day
  • Holmes's Bonfire
  • Medway
  • Landguard
Caribbean & North America
  • Nevis
  • Martinique
  • Cayenne
  • Zeelandia

The naval St James' Day Battle (also known as the St James' Day Fight), the Battle of the North Foreland and the Battle of Orfordness) took place on 25 July 1666 — St James' day in the Julian calendar then in use in England (4 August 1666 in the Gregorian calendar), during the Second Anglo-Dutch War and was fought between fleets of England, commanded jointly by Prince Rupert of the Rhine and George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and the United Provinces commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. In the Netherlands, the battle is known as the Two Days' Battle.

Read more about St. James's Day Battle:  Dutch Intentions, First Day, Second Day, Results

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