Global Information Lookup Global Information

Order of battle at the Battle of Lowestoft information


The Battle of Lowestoft, 13 June 1665, showing Royal Charles and the Eendracht by Hendrik van Minderhout, painted c. 1665

The ships that participated in the Battle of Lowestoft, a naval engagement between the English and Dutch off the English port of Lowestoft on 13 June (New Style) 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. 95 English ships (later rising to 100 when ships joined during the battle), commanded by James Stuart, Duke of York, faced 107 Dutch ships led by Jacob van Wassenaer, Baron Obdam. The battle ended in a victory for the English, capturing 9 Dutch ships and sinking 8 others, for the loss of only one ship (the Charity).

and 17 Related for: Order of battle at the Battle of Lowestoft information

Request time (Page generated in 1.1116 seconds.)

Order of battle at the Battle of Lowestoft

Last Update:

The ships that participated in the Battle of Lowestoft, a naval engagement between the English and Dutch off the English port of Lowestoft on 13 June (New...

Word Count : 758

Battle of Lowestoft

Last Update:

The Battle of Lowestoft took place on 13 June [O.S. 3 June] 1665 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. A fleet of more than a hundred ships of the United...

Word Count : 5451

List of orders of battle

Last Update:

list of orders of battle, which list the known military units that were located within the field of operations for a battle or campaign. The battles are...

Word Count : 263

Lowestoft

Last Update:

Lowestoft (/ˈloʊ(ɪ)stɒft, ˈloʊstəf/ LOH-(ih)-stoft, LOH-stəf) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. As the...

Word Count : 7897

Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer

Last Update:

an admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands who was killed in the Battle of Lowestoft. Kortenaer was born in 1604 in Groningen of humble origins...

Word Count : 508

Battle of Camperdown

Last Update:

The Battle of Camperdown (known in Dutch as the Zeeslag bij Kamperduin) was a major naval action fought on 11 October 1797, between the British North...

Word Count : 10926

Aircraft of the Battle of Britain

Last Update:

The Battle of Britain (German: Luftschlacht um England) was an effort by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) during the summer and autumn of 1940 to gain...

Word Count : 8164

List of naval battles

Last Update:

list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval...

Word Count : 19968

SMS Derfflinger

Last Update:

the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915, and the Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft in April 1916. These operations culminated in the Battle of Jutland...

Word Count : 6395

Lowestoft Town Hall

Last Update:

Lowestoft Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. The town hall, which was the meeting place of Lowestoft Council...

Word Count : 757

Reinhard Scheer

Last Update:

At the outbreak of World War I, Scheer was the commander of the II Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet. He then took command of the III Battle Squadron...

Word Count : 3366

Friedrich Boedicker

Last Update:

some of the first shots of the action. He also commanded the battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group during the bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft a month...

Word Count : 190

Cornelis Tromp

Last Update:

until 1662. Just before the Second Anglo-Dutch War, he was promoted to vice admiral on 29 January 1665; at the battle of Lowestoft, he prevented total catastrophe...

Word Count : 2280

Waveney District

Last Update:

named after the River Waveney that formed its north-east border. The district council was based in Lowestoft, the major settlement in Waveney. The other towns...

Word Count : 385

Edwin Alderson

Last Update:

died on 14 December 1927 at the Royal Hotel, Lowestoft of a sudden heart attack at the age of 68 years. His body was buried at Chesterton, Oxfordshire...

Word Count : 3193

HMS Lion

Last Update:

earned the following battle honours: Armada, 1588 Cadiz, 1596 Kentish Knock, 1652 Portland, 1653 Scheveningen, 1653 Lowestoft, 1665 Four Days' Battle, 1666...

Word Count : 765

Sean Harris

Last Update:

up in Lowestoft, Suffolk. He attended Denes High School, now the Ormiston Denes Academy, in Lowestoft. At 23, he moved to London to train at the Drama...

Word Count : 1486

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net