Battle of Dogger Bank (1781)

Battle of Dogger Bank
	Part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
	; The Battle of Dogger Bank, Thomas Luny
Date	5 August 1781
Location	Dogger Bank, North Sea54°43′26″N 2°46′08″E / 54.724°N 2.769°E
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
Great Britain	Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Hyde Parker	Johan Zoutman
Strength
7 ships of the line ; 5 frigates ; 1 cutter ; 3,500 men ; 442 guns	7 ships of the line ; 6 frigates ; 2,600 men ; 408 guns
Casualties and losses
104 killed ; 339 wounded	142 killed ; 403 wounded ; 1 ship of the line sunk

The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle that took place on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, contemporaneously related to the American Revolutionary War, in the North Sea. It was a bloody encounter between a British squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Hyde Parker and a Dutch squadron under Vice Admiral Johan Zoutman, both of which were escorting convoys.

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