Battle of Leghorn

Battle of Leghorn
Part of the First Anglo-Dutch War
The Battle of Leghorn, 4 March 1653 by Reinier Nooms, painted mid-17th century
Date 4 March 1653 Location near Leghorn, Italy Result Dutch victory English trade in the Mediterranean weakened
Belligerents
Commonwealth of England	United Provinces
Commanders and leaders
Henry Appleton Richard Badiley	Johan van Galen (DOW)
Strength
15 warships	16 warships
Casualties and losses
2 ships sunk 3 ships captured 150 dead or injured 50 captured	Unknown

The naval Battle of Leghorn ^[a] took place on 4 March 1653 (14 March Gregorian calendar), ^[b] during the First Anglo-Dutch War, near Leghorn (Livorno), Italy. It was a victory of a Dutch squadron under Commodore Johan van Galen over an English squadron under Captain Henry Appleton. Afterwards, another English squadron under Captain Richard Badiley, which Appleton had been trying to join up with, reached the scene in time to observe the capture of the last ships of Appleton's squadron, but was outnumbered and forced to return to Porto Longone.
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