Affair of Fielding and Bylandt

When

31 Dec 1779

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.23° N, 1.58° W

Description

1779 naval battle

Naval

yes

Brief naval engagement off the Isle of Wight on 31 December 1779

The affair of Fielding and Bylandt was a brief naval engagement off the Isle of Wight on 31 December 1779 between a Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Commodore Charles Fielding, and a squadron of the Dutch States Navy, commanded by Schout-bij-nacht Lodewijk van Bylandt, escorting a Dutch convoy.

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