Battle of Portland

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The Battle of Portland was a major naval engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654), fought over three days in the English Channel between the fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the Dutch Republic.

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Battle of Portland canonical 8

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instanceOf battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Portland Bill ⓘ
Three Days’ Battle ⓘ
cause English Navigation Acts tensions ⓘ
commercial rivalry between England and the Dutch Republic ⓘ
combatType line-of-battle naval engagement ⓘ
conflict First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
countryInvolved Commonwealth of England ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
endDate 1653-02-20 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Gabbard ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
hasCommander Cornelis Evertsen the Elder ⓘ
Edward Lawson ⓘ
Maarten Tromp ⓘ
Michiel de Ruyter ⓘ
Robert Blake ⓘ
William Penn the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Sir William Penn

Witte de With ⓘ
hasParticipant Dutch Navy ⓘ
English Navy ⓘ
linked to: English navy
historicalPeriod Interregnum in England ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
location English Channel ⓘ
off Portland Bill ⓘ
navalCampaign Channel operations of 1653 ⓘ
numberOfDays 3 ⓘ
objective to escort Dutch merchant convoy ⓘ
to protect English commerce ⓘ
outcome English strategic control of the Channel ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Dutch Wars ⓘ
First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
politicalEntityInvolved Commonwealth of England ⓘ
States-General of the Netherlands ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Dungeness ⓘ
result English victory ⓘ
significance one of the largest fleet actions of the First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
secured English dominance in the English Channel ⓘ
startDate 1653-02-18 ⓘ
strategicGoalOfDutch to maintain trade routes to the Atlantic and Mediterranean ⓘ
strategicGoalOfEnglish to break Dutch convoy system ⓘ
temporalLocation February 1653 ⓘ
theatre English Channel theatre of the First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
usedWeapon naval artillery ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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Battle of Scheveningen → precededBy → Battle of Portland ⓘ
Robert Blake → notableBattle → Battle of Portland ⓘ
subject linked to: Admiral Robert Blake
Slag bij Scheveningen → precededBy → Battle of Portland ⓘ
Battle of Ter Heijde → precededBy → Battle of Portland ⓘ
Battle of the Gabbard (1653) → precededBy → Battle of Portland ⓘ
Commonwealth Navy → significantEvent → Battle of Portland ⓘ
Battle of the Gabbard → precededBy → Battle of Portland ⓘ