Early Modern era · 1653
Battle of Portland
The naval Battle of Portland, or Three Days' Battle, took place during 18–20 February 1653 (28 February – 2 March 1653 (Gregorian calendar)), during the First Anglo-Dutch War, when the fleet of the Commonwealth of England under General at Sea Robert Blake was attacked by a fleet of the Dutch Republic under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp escorting merchant shipping through the English Channel.
- When
- 28 Feb 1653 – 2 Mar 1653
- Where
- Isle of Portland
- Era
- Early Modern
Topics
Before and after
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