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The Battle of the Gabbard, 12 June 1653 by Heerman Witmont .The Battle of the Gabbard, also known as the Battle of Gabbard Bank or the Battle of the North Foreland, ( 12– 13 June 1653) was a battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War between fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces.
The battle took place near the Gabbard shoal off the coast of Suffolk in England. The English fleet had 100 ships commanded by Generals at Sea George Monck and Richard Deane, the Dutch 98 ships under Admiral Maarten Tromp. On 12 June 1653 the Dutch attacked but were beaten back. On 13 June the English were joined by Admiral Robert Blake and the Dutch were scattered in defeat with eleven ships sunk and nine captured. The English lost no ships, but Deane was killed.
The victory lead to the English regaining control over the English Channel, which had be lost some six months earlier in the Battle of Dungeness.
After the battle the English imposed a blockade on the Dutch coast, capturing many merchant ships. The fleets met again on 8 August 1653 at the Battle of Scheveningen10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. 1654 shows the view of the battle from the Dutch shore where thousands gathered to watch. The Battle of Scheveningen (also known as the Battle of Texel or the Battle of Ter Heide was the final naval.
HMS GabbardHMS Gabbard (D47 was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named in honour of the Batte of Gabbard, which occurred in 1653, and which resulted in an English victory over the Dutch Fleet. Gabbard was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richard of the British Royal NavyThe Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom. It operates a number of aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, fifteen nuclear submarines, and various other ships, as well as aircraft and Britain's amphibious forces, the Royal Marines. The Royal Navy was named in honour of the battle.
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