Battle of the Gabbard
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The naval Battle of the Gabbard, also known as the Battle of Gabbard Bank or the Battle of the North Foreland took place on 12–13 June 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the Gabbard shoal off the coast of Suffolk, England between fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces.
The English fleet had 100 ships commanded by Generals at Sea George Monck and Richard Deane, the Dutch 98 ships under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp. On 12 June 1653 the Dutch attacked but were beaten back. On 13 June the English were joined by Admiral Robert Blake and at noon the Dutch, who were practically out of ammo, retreated the English chasing them until well in the evening capturing many Dutch ships. The battle ended with the Dutch losing 17 ships of which 6 were sunk and 11 captured. The English lost no ships, but Deane was killed.
The victory meant that the English control over the English Channel, regained by the Battle of Portland in March after it had been lost in the Battle of Dungeness, was now extended to the North Sea.
After the battle the English imposed a blockade on the Dutch coast, capturing many merchant ships and crippling the Dutch economy . The fleets met again on 8 August 1653 at the Battle of Scheveningen.
See also
- HMS Gabbard of the British Royal Navy was named in honour of the battle.Template:Netherlands-hist-stub