What the records say
- When
- Jul 1605
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.00° N, 2.00° W
- Description
- 1605 naval battle during the Eighty Years' War
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of the Channel
1605 naval battle
The Battle of the Channel was a 1605 naval engagement in the English Channel between a Spanish transport fleet captained by Pedro de Zubiaur and the Dutch armada under Willem de Zoete. The Spanish fleet carried a tercio under Pedro de Sarmiento for the Eighty Years' War, which the Dutch attempted to intercept and destroy.
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