Battle of Ronas Voe

Battle of Ronas Voe
	Part of the Third Anglo-Dutch War
	; Modern-day view of Ronas Voe
Date	14 March [O.S. 4 March] 1674
Location	Ronas Voe, Shetland60°30′25″N 1°26′48″W / 60.50694°N 1.44667°W
Result	English victory
Belligerents
Dutch East India Company	Kingdom of England
Commanders and leaders
Jacob Martens Cloet; Unknown VOC private army captain;	Arthur Herbert; John Wetwang; Richard Carter;
Strength
1 East Indiaman	1 3rd-rate ship-of-the-line; 2 4th-rate ships-of-the-line;
Casualties and losses
Up to 300 dead; Unknown casualties; 1 ship captured;	Unknown; 0 ships;
	Ronas Voe class=notpageimage\| Ronas Voe in relation to the Netherlands and England Ronas Voe Ronas Voe (Shetland)

The Battle of Ronas Voe was a naval engagement between the English Royal Navy and the Dutch East India ship Wapen van Rotterdam on 14 March 1674 in Ronas Voe, Shetland as part of the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Having occurred 23 days after the signing of the Treaty of Westminster, it is likely to have been the final battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.

Shortly after embarking on a journey towards the Dutch East Indies with trade goods and a company of soldiers, extreme weather conditions caused Wapen van Rotterdam to lose its masts and rudder and it was forced to take shelter in Ronas Voe for a number of months. A whistleblower in Shetland informed the English authorities of the ship's presence, and in response three Royal Navy men-of-war and a dogger were dispatched to capture the ship. After a short battle, the ship was captured and taken back to England as a prize of war.

An unknown number of up to 300 of the ship's crew were killed in the battle and were buried nearby in Heylor. A modern memorial to the Dutch crew is erected where they are believed to be buried, bearing the inscription "The Hollanders' Graves".