Battle of Sluis (1603)
51°20′N 3°23′E / 51.333°N 3.383°E
| Battle of Sluis (1603) | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
.jpg) Battle of Sluis, from the Legermuseum, Delft | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Provinces |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Joos de Moor | Federico Spinola † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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
- ^ a b Fernández Duro p. 223
- ^ a b c d "Webspecials | Ministerie van Defensie". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
- ^ a b 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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