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Raid on Newfoundland (1665)

Raid on Newfoundland (1665)
Part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War

Present day St. John's
DateJune 1665
Location
St. John's
Result

Dutch Victory

  • St. John's captured[1]
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic

England England

Commanders and leaders
Dutch Republic Michiel de Ruyter England Christopher Martin
Strength
20 ships [2] Fortifications and defences of St. John's, and a coalition of planters and migratory fishermen[3]
Casualties and losses
none all ships taken, fort and houses destroyed,[4] and goods, canons, and guns taken

In June 1665, after the Second Anglo-Dutch war broke out, a fleet under Michiel de Ruyter sailed to Newfoundland, and raided the place, and damaged the colony severely.

  1. ^ Woodley Prowse, Daniel (1895). A History of Newfoundland from the English, Colonial, and Foreign Records. Macmillan. p. 197. ISBN 9780919302440.
  2. ^ Gilbert, William (7 July 2010). "Gilbers". Newfoundland & Labrador Studies. 25 (2): 198.
  3. ^ Gilbert, William (7 July 2010). "St. John's Narrows". Newfoundland & Labrador Studies. 25 (2): 199.
  4. ^ Calendar of the State Papers, Colonial Series, 1574-1660, preserved in the state paper department of Her Majesty's public record office Edited by W. Noël Sainsbury. II. H.M. Stationery Office. 1880. p. 558.

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