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    naval Battle of Dungeness took place on 30 November 1652 (10 December in the Gregorian calendar) during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the cape of Dungeness...
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    shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh. Dungeness spans Dungeness Nuclear Power Station, the hamlet of Dungeness, and an ecological site...
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    regained by the Battle of Portland in March after it had been lost in the Battle of Dungeness, was now extended to the North Sea. After the battle, the English...
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    the Mediterranean and home waters. This division of forces led to a defeat at the Battle of Dungeness in December 1652, and by early 1653 the situation...
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  • The Battle of Dungeness or the Battle of Cape Dungeness (French: Bataille du cap Dungeness) (17 September 1666) was a naval battle that took place during...
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    two fleets met for the first time in a major battle at the Battle of Dungeness, November 1652. The battle turned out to be a failure for the English, forcing...
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    shipbuilding programme. The Battle of Dungeness (30 November 1652) was a victory for the Dutch, and led to the revitalisation of the Commonwealth Navy. One...
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    Maarten Tromp (category Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic)
    the English coast towards Dungeness, with the coastline beginning to bend to the south. As the fleets were approaching Dungeness Point Blake's fleet became...
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    action of the Dutch admiral Maarten Tromp who tied a broom to his main mast after defeating the British admiral Robert Blake at the Battle of Dungeness in...
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    defeat at the Battle of Dungeness but didn't prevent the defeat of the not yet reinforced English Mediterranean fleet at the Battle of Leghorn. In the...
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    Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (category Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic)
    served as first mate in 1652 on the Dutch flagship, Brederode. In the Battle of Dungeness, he lost his right hand and eye. On 10 April 1653, he was made commandeur...
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    Anglo-Dutch War: Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy. The first coins of the Massachusetts pound are...
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    Witte de With (category Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic)
    home for many months, while Tromp replaced him for the Battle of Dungeness and the Battle of Portland. On 8 May Tromp officially became supreme commander...
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    Robert Blake (admiral) (category Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports)
    the Battle of Dungeness, losing control of the English Channel to the Dutch. Meanwhile, the ships sent away had also been defeated in the Battle of Leghorn...
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    Anglo-Dutch Wars (category Military history of the Thirteen Colonies)
    of Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp at the Battle of Dungeness in the English Channel. The Dutch were also victorious in March 1653, at the Battle of...
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    December 10, 1652 Battle of Dungeness Dutch victory March 14, 1653 Battle of Leghorn Dutch victory February 28 until March 2, 1653 Battle of Portland English...
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    Michiel de Ruyter (category Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic)
    commander of the Dutch fleet at the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1665, and in 1666 he won a hard-fought victory in the Four Days' Battle in the...
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    with a larger Dutch fleet ended in failure on 17 September at the Battle of Dungeness when they encountered a larger English fleet led by Thomas Allin...
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  • Dungeness is a headland in Kent, England. Dungeness may also refer to: Dungeness, Queensland, a town in the locality of Lucinda in the Shire of Hinchinbrook...
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    proved to be of limited strategic value. After the Dutch had inflicted enormous damage on the English fleet in the Four Days Battle of 1–4 June 1666...
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    Tromp, after a decisive victory in the First Anglo-Dutch War, the Battle of Dungeness of 1652, hung a broom from his mast to indicate he had "swept the British...
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    First Anglo-Dutch War (category 17th-century military history of the Kingdom of England)
    Tromp in the Battle of Dungeness in December, while it failed to save the English Mediterranean fleet, largely destroyed at the Battle of Leghorn in March...
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  • Siege of Barcelona 4 August 1651 - 13 October 1652 - Spain captures Barcelona from Catalonia. Catalonia was aided by France. Battle of Dungeness 10 December...
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  • Able seaman (rank) (category Military ranks of the Commonwealth)
    the Royal Navy introduced a new pay scale as part of reforms following defeat in the Battle of Dungeness the previous year. Included in these reforms were...
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    Varne Bank (category Landforms of Kent)
    structure. Several naval battles have been fought nearby, including the Battle of Dover and Battle of Dungeness in 1652 and the Battle of Dover Strait in 1917...
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  • Subsequently, having won the Battle of Dungeness in November 1652, Tromp persuaded the Staten-Generaal to add a further class of 150 feet ships as the "1st...
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  • Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII. 1652 – Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy...
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  • English ship Fortune (1652) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
    Parliamentary Naval Force as Fortune. She participated in the Battle of Dungeness and the Battle of Portland. She was sold 1654. Fortune was the eighth named...
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    withdraw. November 30 – The Netherlands takes control of the English Channel after the Battle of Dungeness ends in a Dutch victory over the English Royal Navy...
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  • HMS Convertine (1650) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
    Battle of Dungeness, Battle of Portland and the Battle of the Gabbard. During the Second Anglo-Dutch War she participated in the Battle of Lowestoft and...
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