Battle of Schooneveld
The Battles of Schooneveld were two naval battles of the Franco-Dutch War, fought off the coast of the Netherlands on 7 June and 14 June 1673 (New Style; 28 May and 4 June in the Julian calendar then in use in England) between an allied Anglo-French fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine on his flagship the Royal Charles, and the fleet of the United Provinces, commanded by Michiel de Ruyter.
| Battles of Schooneveld | |||||||
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| Part of Franco-Dutch War | |||||||
The first battle of Schooneveld, 7 June 1673 by Willem van de Velde, the elder, painted c.1684. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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England France | Dutch Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Rupert of the Rhine Jean II d'Estrées Edward Spragge |
Michiel de Ruyter Cornelis Tromp Adriaen Banckert | ||||||
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86 ships 24,295 men 4,826 cannon |
64 ships 14,762 men 3,157 cannon | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 ships | 1 ship | ||||||
The Dutch victories in the two battles, and at the Battle of the Texel that followed in August, saved their country from an Anglo-French invasion.
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