Battle of Portland (1653)

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The Battle of Portland (1653) was a major three-day naval engagement in the English Channel during the First Anglo-Dutch War, in which the English fleet under General at Sea Robert Blake fought the Dutch fleet led by Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp for control of vital trade routes.

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Battle of Portland (1653) canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Three Days Battle ⓘ
Three Days’ Battle ⓘ
belligerent Commonwealth of England ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
century 17th century ⓘ
combatant1 Commonwealth of England ⓘ
combatant2 Dutch Republic ⓘ
commander Maarten Tromp ⓘ
Robert Blake ⓘ
conflict First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
conflictType naval engagement ⓘ
countryInvolved Commonwealth of England ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
duration three days ⓘ
DutchCommander Maarten Tromp ⓘ
DutchFleetCommanderRank Lieutenant-Admiral ⓘ
DutchFleetType warships and armed merchantmen ⓘ
DutchSide Dutch Navy ⓘ
DutchStrategicGoal protect large merchant convoy to the Netherlands ⓘ
endDate 1653-02-20 ⓘ
engagementType fleet action ⓘ
EnglishCommander Robert Blake ⓘ
EnglishFleetCommanderRank General at Sea ⓘ
EnglishFleetType warships of the Commonwealth navy ⓘ
EnglishSide Commonwealth Navy ⓘ
EnglishStrategicGoal break Dutch control of maritime trade routes ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Gabbard ⓘ
historicalPeriod Interregnum in England ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
location English Channel ⓘ
off Portland Bill ⓘ
namedAfter Portland Bill ⓘ
objective control of trade routes in the English Channel ⓘ
escort of Dutch merchant convoy ⓘ
protection of English commerce ⓘ
partOf First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
partOfCampaign English Channel operations of the First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Dungeness ⓘ
primaryCause commercial rivalry between England and the Dutch Republic ⓘ
enforcement of the English Navigation Acts ⓘ
result English victory ⓘ
sea English Channel ⓘ
significance marked a shift toward heavier English warships and line-of-battle tactics ⓘ
secured English control of the Channel convoy routes ⓘ
startDate 1653-02-18 ⓘ
theatre English Channel theatre of the First Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
year 1653 ⓘ

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First Anglo-Dutch War → battle → Battle of Portland (1653) ⓘ
First Dutch War → notableBattle → Battle of Portland (1653) ⓘ
Battle of Dungeness (1652) → followedBy → Battle of Portland (1653) ⓘ