What the records say
- When
- 18 Feb 1639
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.10° N, 2.39° E
- Description
- 1639 naval battle of the Eighty Years' War
- Naval
- yes
Action of 18 February 1639
1639 naval battle of the Eighty Years' War
The action of 18 February 1639 was a naval battle of the Eighty Years' War fought off Dunkirk between a Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Maarten Tromp and the Spanish Dunkirk Squadron under Miguel de Horna. Horna, who had orders to join with his ships Admiral Antonio de Oquendo's fleet at A Coruña, escorted at the same time a transport convoy carrying 2,000 Walloon soldiers to Spain, where they were needed.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In the course of the Eighty Years' War, a sea battle is fought in the English Channel off of the coast of Dunkirk between the navies of the United Provinces of…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l'amiral Maarten Tromp bat une flotte espagnole devant Dunkerque, mais ne parvient pas à l’empêcher de convoyer des troupes vers La Corogne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морское сражение при Дюнкерке”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page