Battle off the Downs
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The Battle off the Downs was a major naval engagement in 1639 during the Eighty Years' War, in which a Dutch fleet decisively defeated a Spanish fleet anchored in English waters near the Downs.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle off the Downs canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military engagement
ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of the Downs ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Dutch Golden Age naval warfare ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| category |
17th-century naval battles
ⓘ
Conflicts in 1639 ⓘ Military history of the English Channel ⓘ Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s ⓘ
surface form:
Naval battles of the Eighty Years' War
|
| combatant | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| commander |
Antonio de Oquendo
ⓘ
Maarten Tromp ⓘ |
| conflict | Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| countryInWhoseWatersItOccurred | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| date | 21 October 1639 ⓘ |
| DutchCommander | Maarten Tromp ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| fleetInvolved |
Dutch fleet
ⓘ
Spanish fleet ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Kent ⓘ |
| involvedNeutralPower | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| location |
English Channel
ⓘ
The Downs ⓘ near Dover ⓘ off the coast of Kent ⓘ |
| navalPowerAffected |
Dutch navy of the Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch navy
Spanish Navy ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Atlantic fleet
|
| navalTacticsUsed | line-of-battle tactics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Dutch attack on a Spanish fleet anchored in neutral English waters
ⓘ
violation of English neutrality by the Dutch attack ⓘ |
| outcome | destruction of most of the Spanish fleet ⓘ |
| partOf | Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| politicalContext | rivalry between Dutch Republic and Spanish Empire for control of Atlantic trade routes ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of the Downs campaign of 1639 ⓘ |
| relatedConflict | Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630) ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Dutch–Spanish naval war of the 1630s
ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch–Spanish naval operations of 1639
|
| result | decisive Dutch victory ⓘ |
| significance |
ended Spanish attempts to maintain a major oceanic fleet in the English Channel
ⓘ
strengthened Dutch control of sea lanes to the Netherlands ⓘ weakened Spanish naval power in the Eighty Years' War ⓘ |
| SpanishCommander | Antonio de Oquendo ⓘ |
| theatre |
English Channel theatre of the Eighty Years' War
ⓘ
European waters ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | English territorial waters ⓘ |
| tookPlaceNear | Goodwin Sands ⓘ |
| year | 1639 ⓘ |
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