Battle on the Zuiderzee

Battle on the Zuiderzee
Part of the Eighty Years' War

The battle, painted by Jan Theunisz. Blanckerhoff.
DateOctober 11, 1573
Location
Result

Dutch victory

Belligerents
Dutch Rebels Spain
Commanders and leaders
Cornelis Jansz Dircksz Count of Boussu (POW)[1]
Strength
24 ships
700 sailors
30 ships
1300 sailors
Casualties and losses
1 ship lost
25 sailors lost[2]
6 ships captured
300 sailors captured

The Battle on the Zuiderzee (October 11, 1573[1]) was a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch fleet destroyed a larger and better-equipped Spanish fleet on the Zuiderzee.

  1. ^ a b Gawronski, Jerzy; van Holk, André; Schokkenbroek, Joost (September 25, 2017). Ships And Maritime Landscapes: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Amsterdam 2012. Barkhuis. p. 78. ISBN 978-9492444295.
  2. ^ Grant, R. G. (October 24, 2017). 1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History. Book Sales. p. 286. ISBN 978-0785835530.

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