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Battle of Sluis (1603)
Part of the Eighty Years' War

Battle of Sluis, from the Legermuseum, Delft
Date26 May 1603
Location
Sluis (present-day Netherlands)
Result Dutch victory
Belligerents
 United Provinces  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Joos de Moor Federico Spinola †
Strength
3 men-of-war,
2 galleys,
several minor vessels[1](Spanish source)
2 galleys, 2 smaller vessels.[2] Dutch source		 8 galleys,
1,130 soldiers[1](Spanish source)
8 galleys, 4 smaller vessels[2](Dutch source)
Casualties and losses
50 dead or wounded
no ships lost[2](Dutch source)
720 killed,
1 man-of-war sunk[3](Spanish source)		 800 dead or wounded
no ships lost[2](Dutch source)
414 killed[3](Spanish source)

The Battle of Sluis was a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Spanish squadron commanded by the Italian captain Federico Spinola tried to break through a blockade of Sluis by Dutch ships under the command of Joos de Moor. After about two hours of fighting the heavily damaged Spanish ships returned to Sluis; Federico Spinola was killed during the action.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Fernández Duro p. 223
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Webspecials | Ministerie van Defensie". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  3. 1 2 Fernández Duro p. 224

Bibliography

  • Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Vol. III. Madrid, Spain: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra".


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