What the records say
- When
- 23 Sep 1338
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.65° N, 3.37° E
- Description
- 1338 battle of the Hundred Years' War
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Arnemuiden
1338 battle of the Hundred Years' War
The Battle of Arnemuiden was a naval battle fought on 23 September 1338 at the start of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. It was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first recorded European naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christopher had three cannons and one handgun.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Seegefecht von Arnemuiden ist das erste mit Kanonen ausgetragene Seegefecht”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “французский флот под командованием адмиралов Юго Кирье и Николя Бегюше разбивает английскую эскадру в морской битве при Арнемёйдене”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Guerra de los Cien años – Batalla de Arnemuiden, primera batalla naval en la que se usó artillería”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page