What the records say
- When
- 2 Jul 1340
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.35° N, 3.38° E
- Description
- 1340 naval battle during the Hundred Years' War
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Sluys
1340 naval battle of the Hundred Years' War
The Battle of Sluys, was a naval battle fought on 24 June 1340 between England and France. It took place in the roadstead of the port of Sluys, on a since silted-up inlet in the county of Flanders. The English fleet of 120–150 ships was led by Edward III of England and the 230-strong French fleet by the Breton knight Hugues Quiéret, Admiral of France, and Nicolas Béhuchet, Constable of France.
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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 “Hundred Years' War: Battle of Sluys – The English fleet, under the command of Edward III of England, battles the French fleet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Yüz Yıl Savaşı'nın dönüm noktalarından biri olan Sluys Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Seeschlacht von Sluis, dem ersten großen Kampf im Hundertjährigen Krieg, siegen die Engländer über die französische Flotte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille navale de L'Écluse”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “поражение французского флота при Слейсе, победа в котором обеспечила англичанам и их союзникам полное превосходство на море”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla naval de Sluys, primer gran enfrentamiento armado entre ingleses y franceses en el marco de la guerra de los Cien Años”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “斯魯伊斯海戰，英国海軍戰勝法國並控制英吉利海峽，国王爱德华三世自称法国国王，法國海軍遭受嚴重打擊。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “スロイスの海戦”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page