Dano-Dutch War

Dano-Dutch War
	Part of the prelude to Second Anglo-Dutch War
	Top: Cape Coast, c. 1727; Bottom: Christiansborg, c. 1760
Date	1661–1665
Location	Gold Coast; Sierra Leone River;
Result	See Aftermath
Belligerents
Denmark-Norway Glückstad Company; ; England Royal African Company; ;	Dutch Republic Dutch West India Company; ;
Commanders and leaders
Tobias Pensade; Henning Albrecht; Robert Holmes	Jan Valckenburgh; Michiel de Ruyter
Strength
England: 6-7 ships; Denmark-Norway: Unknown	13 warships
Casualties and losses
Denmark-Norway: 2 ships	Unknown

The Dano-Dutch War (Danish: Dansk-Hollandske krig, Dutch: Deens-Nederlandse Oorlog) was a colonial conflict between the Danes and Dutch over the control of European fortifications on the Gold Coast. Denmark-Norway, assisted by England, defeated the Dutch in various places, although Michiel de Ruyter retaliated against the English by recapturing all forts but Cape Coast. This forced the Royal African Company into bankruptcy, which started the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

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