Battle of Lowestoft

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battle naval battle

The Battle of Lowestoft was a major 1665 naval engagement in the Second Anglo-Dutch War, where the English fleet won a significant victory over the Dutch off the coast of Suffolk.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle off Lowestoft	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Lowestoft ⓘ surface form: Battle off Lowestoft Slag bij Lowestoft ⓘ
belligerent	Dutch Republic ⓘ England ⓘ
category	Conflicts in 1665 ⓘ Naval battles of the Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
cause	commercial and maritime rivalry between England and the Dutch Republic ⓘ
commander	Cornelis Tromp ⓘ Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich ⓘ Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer ⓘ Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam ⓘ Duke of York ⓘ surface form: James, Duke of York Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
conflict	Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Dutch Republic ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ
date	1665-06-13 ⓘ
dateOldStyle	1665-06-03 ⓘ
dutchCasualtiesKilledAndWounded	approximately 4,000 ⓘ
dutchFlagship	Eendracht ⓘ
dutchShipsLost	over 15 ships sunk or captured ⓘ
englishCasualtiesKilledAndWounded	approximately 2,000 ⓘ
englishFlagship	HMS Royal Charles ⓘ
englishShipsLost	about 1 ship sunk ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ
fleetStrengthDutch	approximately 100 ships ⓘ
fleetStrengthEnglish	approximately 100 ships ⓘ
followedBy	Four Days' Battle ⓘ
hasParticipant	Dutch navy of the Republic ⓘ surface form: Dutch navy Royal Navy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Sail ⓘ
location	North Sea ⓘ off Lowestoft, Suffolk, England ⓘ
monarchOfEnglishSide	Charles II of England ⓘ
navalTactic	line of battle ⓘ
nearbyCity	Lowestoft ⓘ
nearbyCounty	Suffolk ⓘ
notableEvent	explosion and loss of the Dutch flagship Eendracht ⓘ
partOf	Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
precededBy	outbreak of the Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
result	English victory ⓘ
significance	demonstrated English naval superiority at the start of the war ⓘ major early English victory in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
theatre	Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ surface form: North Sea theatre of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
year	1665 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Lowestoft → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Lowestoft ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle off Lowestoft

Anglo-Dutch Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Lowestoft ⓘ

Admiral Cornelis Tromp → notableBattle → Battle of Lowestoft ⓘ

subject surface form: Cornelis Tromp

Dutch navy of the Republic → notableBattle → Battle of Lowestoft ⓘ

Michiel de Ruyter → notableWork → Battle of Lowestoft ⓘ

Four Days' Battle → precededBy → Battle of Lowestoft ⓘ