Battle of Gibraltar

When

25 Apr 1607

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.14° N, 5.40° W

Description

1607 naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch fleet surprised and engaged a Spanish fleet anchored at the Bay of Gibraltar

Naval

yes

Eighty Years' war naval battle

The naval Battle of Gibraltar took place on 25 April 1607, during the Eighty Years' War, when a Dutch fleet surprised and engaged a Spanish fleet anchored at the Bay of Gibraltar. During the four hours of action, most of the Spanish ships were destroyed.

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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 “Battle of Gibraltar: A Dutch fleet of 26 warships, led by Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die niederländische Flotte unter Jacob van Heemskerk schlägt die spanische Seestreitmacht im Achtzigjährigen Krieg in der Schlacht bei Gibraltar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Gibraltar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морская битва при Гибралтаре (см”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Gibraltar (España), la flota de las Provincias Unidas de los Países Bajos destruye la flota española en la batalla de Gibraltar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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