Battle of Dogger Bank (1696)

Battle of Dogger Bank
Part of War of the Grand Alliance
Jean Bart, Mathieu Elias
Date 17 June 1696 Location Dogger Bank, Atlantic Ocean 54°43′26″N 2°46′08″E / 54.724°N 2.769°E / 54.724; 2.769 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Jean Bart	Rutger Bucking †
Strength
7 frigates 1 fireship 2 longboats 2 privateers	5 frigates 112 merchant ships
Casualties and losses
31 killed and wounded	Unknown killed and wounded 1,200 captured 4 frigates destroyed 1 frigate captured 25 merchant ships destroyed

The Battle of Dogger Bank is the name of a battle which took place on 17 June 1696 as part of the War of the Grand Alliance. It was a victory for a French force of seven ships over a Dutch force of five ships and the convoy it was escorting.