| Battle of Saldanha Bay | |||||||
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| Part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War | |||||||
&sq=New Wave Music&lang=en&file=File:Saldanha_Bay_WW.jpg) Present day Saldanha Bay | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Great Britain |
 Dutch Republic | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| George Johnstone | Gerrit Harmeyer | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12 warships + 7 armed transports | 8 vessels of the Dutch East India Company | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| none |
light 5 ships captured 1 ship destroyed | ||||||
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The Battle of Saldanha Bay was a naval action that occurred off the Dutch Cape Colony on 21 July 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. A squadron of Royal Navy warships under the command of commodore George Johnstone captured five Dutch East India Company ships; her own crew destroyed a sixth. Casualties on the Dutch side were minimal if any, and there were no British casualties.
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