Battle of Sluis (1603)

Battle of Sluis (1603)
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; Battle of Sluis, by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom
Date	26 May 1603
Location	Sluis (present-day Netherlands)
Result	Dutch victory
Belligerents
United Provinces	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Joos de Moor	Federico Spinola †
Strength
3 men-of-war,; 2 galleys,; several minor vessels(Spanish source); 2 galleys, 2 smaller vessels. Dutch source	8 galleys,; 1,130 soldiers(Spanish source); 8 galleys, 4 smaller vessels(Dutch source)
Casualties and losses
50 dead or wounded; no ships lost(Dutch source); 720 killed,; 1 man-of-war sunk(Spanish source)	800 dead or wounded ; no ships lost(Dutch source); 414 killed(Spanish source)

51°20′N 3°23′E / 51.333°N 3.383°E / 51.333; 3.383

The Battle of Sluis was a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Spanish squadron commanded by the Italian captain Federico Spinola tried to break through a blockade of Sluis by Dutch ships under the command of Joos de Moor. After about two hours of fighting the heavily damaged Spanish ships returned to Sluis. Federico Spinola was killed during the action.

^ ^a ^b Fernández Duro p. 223
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Webspecials | Ministerie van Defensie". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
^ ^a ^b Fernández Duro p. 224

[Duro223-1] Fernández Duro p. 223

[MvD-2] "Webspecials | Ministerie van Defensie". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2010-09-18.

[Duro224-3] Fernández Duro p. 224

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