Battle of Solebay

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Southwold Bay ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Solebay
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 ⓘ
French navy ⓘ
linked to: 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 Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
year 1672 ⓘ

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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 Southwold Bay ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Solebay
Third Anglo-Dutch War → significantBattle → Battle of Solebay ⓘ
Third Anglo-Dutch War → dateOfBattle → Battle of Solebay, 28 May 1672 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Solebay
Philips van Almonde → participatedIn → Battle of Solebay ⓘ
Richard Nicolls → participatedIn → Battle of Solebay ⓘ
English navy → notableEngagement → Battle of Solebay ⓘ
Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich → participatedIn → Battle of Solebay ⓘ
subject linked to: Admiral Edward Montagu
Rampjaar → significantEvent → Battle of Solebay ⓘ