Battle of Dungeness (1666)

Battle of Dungeness (1666)
	Part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Date	17 September 1666
Location	Off Dungeness headland in English Channel
Result	English victory
Belligerents
France; Dutch Republic	England
Commanders and leaders
Job Forant	Thomas Allin
Strength
14 ships	24 ships
Casualties and losses
116 killed or wounded; 400 captured; 1 ship captured	70 casualties

The Battle of Dungeness or the Battle of Cape Dungeness (French: Bataille du cap Dungeness) (17 September 1666) was a naval battle that took place during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. A combined French and Dutch fleet under Job Forant encountered a larger English fleet commanded by Admiral Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet. The English attacked and in poor visibility a series of encounters left several French and Dutch ships badly damaged. The battle ended with the English having captured the French ship Le Rubis.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Calendar of State Papers: Of the Reign of Charles II. Domestic series, Volume 6. Burlington, Ont.: TannerRitchie. 2010 [1666]. p. 147. ISBN 9781441685797.
^ Harding, Edward (1805). Naval Biography; Or, The History and Lives of Distinguished Characters in the British Navy: From the Earliest Period of History to the Present Time, Volume 1. London: John Scott. p. 462. OCLC 656751426.

[COSP-1] Calendar of State Papers: Of the Reign of Charles II. Domestic series, Volume 6. Burlington, Ont.: TannerRitchie. 2010 [1666]. p. 147. ISBN 9781441685797.

[Harding-2] Harding, Edward (1805). Naval Biography; Or, The History and Lives of Distinguished Characters in the British Navy: From the Earliest Period of History to the Present Time, Volume 1. London: John Scott. p. 462. OCLC 656751426.

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