Battle of Playa Honda

Battle of Playa Honda
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
Date	14 – 15 April 1617
Location	Botolan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Philippines;	Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Juan Ronquillo del Castillo	Joris van Spilbergen
Strength
10 ships 7 galleons; 3 galleys;	10 ships
Casualties and losses
1 galleon	3 ships

The naval Second Battle of Playa Honda (Spanish: Segunda La Batalla Naval de Playa Honda; Filipino: Ikalawang Labanan sa Playa Honda), was the first of three known minor conflicts during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain held in Playa Honda (present-day Botolan) in the Philippines.

All the battles were won by the Spanish. The first battle occurred in 1610. The second and most famous took place in 1617. The third battle took place in 1624.

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