Battle of Solebay

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military engagement naval battle

The Battle of Solebay was a major 1672 naval engagement between the English-French fleet and the Dutch Republic during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, noted for its heavy losses and inconclusive outcome.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Solebay canonical	8
Battle of Solebay, 28 May 1672	1
Battle of Southwold Bay	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military engagement ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Solebay ⓘ surface form: Battle of Southwold Bay
belligerent	Dutch Republic ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
causeOfDeathOf	Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich ⓘ
combatantFleet	Anglo-French fleet ⓘ Dutch fleet ⓘ
commander	Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich ⓘ Jean II d’Estrées ⓘ Michiel de Ruyter ⓘ Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ Willem Joseph van Ghent ⓘ
conflict	Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
countryInvolved	Dutch Republic ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
date	1672-05-28 ⓘ
dateOldStyle	1672-05-18 ⓘ
dutchCasualties	over a thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
dutchShipsLost	several ships damaged or sunk ⓘ
DutchTactic	surprise attack on anchored Anglo-French fleet ⓘ
englishCasualties	several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
englishShipsLost	multiple ships including HMS Royal James ⓘ
era	Age of Sail ⓘ
flagship	HMS Royal James ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Schooneveld ⓘ
hasCasualties	thousands killed and wounded (combined) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
isFirstMajorBattleOf	Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
location	North Sea ⓘ off Southwold, Suffolk, England ⓘ
notableDeath	Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich ⓘ
notableFeature	fireship attacks against large English ships ⓘ heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
notableParticipant	Dutch navy of the Republic ⓘ surface form: Dutch navy French Navy ⓘ surface form: French navy Royal Navy ⓘ
partOf	Franco-English alliance operations against the Dutch Republic ⓘ Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
precededBy	French declaration of war on the Dutch Republic (1672) ⓘ
relatedConflict	Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
result	inconclusive ⓘ tactically indecisive ⓘ
shipSunk	HMS Royal James ⓘ
strategicEffect	prevented immediate Anglo-French invasion of the Dutch Republic ⓘ prolonged the Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
theatre	North Sea theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ surface form: North Sea theatre of the Third Anglo-Dutch War
year	1672 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Anglo-Dutch Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Solebay ⓘ

Franco-Dutch War → significantEvent → Battle of Solebay ⓘ

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

Battle of Solebay → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Solebay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Southwold Bay

Third Anglo-Dutch War → significantBattle → Battle of Solebay ⓘ

Third Anglo-Dutch War → dateOfBattle → Battle of Solebay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Solebay, 28 May 1672

Philips van Almonde → participatedIn → Battle of Solebay ⓘ

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich → conflict → Battle of Solebay ⓘ

Richard Nicolls → participatedIn → Battle of Solebay ⓘ

English navy → notableEngagement → Battle of Solebay ⓘ