| Battle of Dungeness (1666) | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France Dutch Republic |
 England | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Job Forant |
Thomas Allin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 14 ships | 24 ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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116 killed or wounded 400 captured 1 ship captured[1] | 70 casualties[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Dungeness or the Battle of Cape Dungeness (French: Bataille du cap Dungeness) (17 September 1666) was a naval battle that took place during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. A combined French and Dutch fleet under Job Forant encountered a larger English fleet commanded by Admiral Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet. The English attacked and in poor visibility a series of encounters left several French and Dutch ships badly damaged. The battle ended with the English having captured the French ship Le Rubis.[2]
- ^ a b Calendar of State Papers: Of the Reign of Charles II. Domestic series, Volume 6. Burlington, Ont.: TannerRitchie. 2010 [1666]. p. 147. ISBN 9781441685797.
- ^ Harding, Edward (1805). Naval Biography; Or, The History and Lives of Distinguished Characters in the British Navy: From the Earliest Period of History to the Present Time, Volume 1. London: John Scott. p. 462. OCLC 656751426.