Battle of Cape St. Vincent | |||||||
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Part of Eighty Years' War and Dutch–Portuguese War | |||||||
![]() Naval battle between Spanish and Dutch (c. XVII), anonymous oil on canvas, Naval Museum of Madrid | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
20 or 26+ ships | 14 or 24 ships | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None or very light |
Unknown number of killed, wounded, and prisoners 1 ship destroyed 2 ships captured |
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent was a naval engagement that took place on 16 June[1][2] or 6 October[3] 1606, during Eighty Years' War and Dutch–Portuguese War. A Spanish fleet under Admiral Luis Fajardo attacked the Dutch fleet led by Admiral Willem Haultain and Vice Admiral Regnier Klaazoon, which was blocking the Spanish-Portuguese coast to intercept the Spanish treasure fleet. The battle concluded in a Spanish victory; in which Klaazoon's flagship was destroyed, two ships were captured, and Haultain fled with the rest of the fleet to his country without having achieved his purpose.