Battle on the Zuiderzee

Battle on the Zuiderzee
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; The battle, painted by Jan Theunisz. Blanckerhoff.
Date	October 11, 1573
Location	Zuiderzee (now IJsselmeer)
Result	Dutch victory Duke of Alva is forced to abandon Amsterdam;
Belligerents
Dutch Rebels	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Cornelis Jansz Dircksz	Count of Boussu (POW)
Strength
24 ships; 700 sailors	30 ships; 1300 sailors
Casualties and losses
1 ship lost; 25 sailors lost	6 ships captured; 300 sailors captured

The Battle on the Zuiderzee (October 11, 1573) was a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch fleet destroyed a larger and better-equipped Spanish fleet on the Zuiderzee.

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