Early Modern era · 1665

Battle of Vågen

The Battle of Vågen was a naval battle between a Dutch merchant and treasure fleet and an English flotilla of warships on 2 August 1665 as part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The battle took place in Vågen (meaning "the bay, voe" in Norwegian), the main port area of neutral Bergen, Norway.

Battle of Vågen
Battle of Vågen · Arnold Bloem, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
2 Aug 1665
Where
Bergen
Era
Early Modern

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