Battle of Schooneveld

In the First Battle of Schooneveld, the second naval battle of the Third English- Dutch War, met on 28 Maijul. / June 7 1673greg. the fleet of the United Provinces of the Netherlands to the combined fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the Kingdom of France. The battle took place in the North Sea off the Scheldt estuary.

Solebay - First Schooneveld - Second Schooneveld - Texel

Often the First and Second Battle of Schooneveld are collectively described as Doppelseeschlacht.

The Battle

After the setback at the Battle of Solebay the British and French were planning again a landing in the Netherlands and reached on June 7, 1673 81 ships of the line, including 27 French, the Dutch coast. Michiel de Ruyter met them with 52 ships of the line and broke through the French line in the center. Since the Dutch vanguard but was forced by the British vanguard, he had come to her aid with the rest of the fleet. The fighting lasted until evening.

The Anglo - French fleet had fallen into great disorder, pulled away and cruised for a week off the Dutch coast. Both fleets met each other again after a week in the Second Battle of Schooneveld.