Battle of Lagos (1693)

Battle of Lagos
	Part of the Nine Years' War
	; Battle of Lagos by Théodore Gudin
Date	27 June 1693 (17 June 1693 O.S.)
Location	near Lagos, Portugal
Result	French victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of France	England; Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Anne Hilarion de Tourville	George Rooke; Philips van der Goes
Strength
approx. 100 sail, of which 70 ships of the line; 30,000 crewmen	21 ships of the line; 1 frigate; 5 smaller ships; 15,000 crewmen upwards of 200 armed merchantmen
Casualties and losses
500 killed or wounded; no ships lost	2,500 killed or wounded; 2,000 captured; 90 merchantmen,; of which 40 captured; 1 English ship of the line destroyed; 2 Dutch 64-gun warships captured

The Battle of Lagos was a sea battle during the Nine Years' War on 27 June 1693 (17 June 1693 O.S.), when a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke near Lagos Bay in Portugal. Rooke's squadron was protecting the Smyrna convoy, and it is by this name that the action is sometimes known.

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