Battle of Sandwich (1460)

51°16′30″N 1°25′37″E / 51.275°N 1.427°E / 51.275; 1.427

Battle of Sandwich
Part of the Wars of the Roses
Date 15 January 1460 Location At sea, near Sandwich, Kent Result Yorkist victory
Belligerents
House of Lancaster	House of York
Commanders and leaders
Baron Rivers	Sir John Dynham
Strength
unknown	800
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Battle of Sandwich was a naval skirmish off the town of Sandwich on the 15 January 1460 during the Wars of the Roses. In it, Sir John Dynham, Sir John Wenlock, and the Earl of Warwick, Captain of Calais, on the Yorkist side, defeated a Lancastrian fleet and captured several of its ships. Little evidence and few details of the battle survive.