| Battle of Stromboli | |||||||
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| Part of the Franco-Dutch War | |||||||
 The Combat against the Dutchs and the Spaniards at Stromboli Jean Antoine Gudin. Oil on Canvas. (1854) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Provinces  Spain |
 Kingdom of France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Michiel de Ruyter | Abraham Duquesne | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 19 ships of the line[citation needed] | 20 ships of the line[citation needed] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 ship lost , 80 killed[citation needed] | 400 killed[citation needed] | ||||||
The naval Battle of Stromboli took place on 8 January 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War between a French fleet of 20 ships under Abraham Duquesne and a combined fleet of 19 Dutch and one Spanish ship under Lieutenant-Admiral-General Michiel de Ruyter that lasted eight hours and ended inconclusively. The fleets fought again at the Battle of Augusta.
Order of battle[]
France (Duquesne)[]
- 20 ships including:
- Sceptre 80 (flagship, Louis Victor de Rochechouart)
- Saint Esprit 70 (Duquesne)
- Saint Michel 60 (Marquis de Preuilly d'Humières)
- Lys 70 (Almeras)
- 6 other battleships
- 4 ships under Valbelle
large convoy (The information above is about the First Battle of Stromboli on 11 February 1675)
Avant-garde (Preuilly d'Humières)[]
- Prudent 54 (Chevalier de La Fayette)
- Parfait 60 (Monsieur de Chasteneuf)
- Saint Michel 60 (Marquis de Preuilly d'Humières, chef d'escadre)
- Fier 48 (Monsieur de Chabert)
- Mignon 46 (Monsieur de Relingues)
- Assuré 56 (Phillippe Le Valois, Marquis de Villette-Mursay)
- fireship (Chevalier de Beauvoisis)
- fireship (Chevalier de La Galissonière)
Corps de bataille (Duquesne)[]
- Sage 54 (Marquis de Langeron)
- Syrène 46 (Chevalier de Bèthune)
- Pompeux 72 (Chevalier de Valbelle, commandeur)
- Saint Esprit 72 (Lt-general Abraham Du Quesne, commander-in-chief)
- Sceptre 80 (Chevalier de Tourville)
- Éclatant 60 (Monsieur de Coux)
- Téméraire 54 (Chevalier de L'Hery)
- Aimable 56 (Monsieur de La Barre)
- fireship (cpt. Champagne)
- fireship (cpt. Honorat)
Arriere-garde (Gabaret)[]
- Vaillant 54 (Monsieur de Sptesme)
- Apollon 52 (Chevalier de Forbin)
- Grand 72 (Monsieur de Beaulieu)
- Sans Pareil 70 (Louis Gabaret, chef d'escadre, captain Allain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon)
- Aquilon 50 (Monsieur de Villeneuve-Ferrieres)
- Magnifique 72 (Monsieur De La Gravier)
- fireship (cpt. Despretz)
- fireship (cpt. Serpaut)
Netherlands/Spain (Michiel de Ruyter)[]
First Squadron[]
- Provincie van Utrecht 60 (Jan de Jong)
- Vrijheid 50 (Adam van Brederode)
- Gouda 76 (Vice-Admiral Jan de Haan)
- Wakende Boei 46 (Cornelis Tijloos)
- Edam 34 (Cornelis van der Zaan)
- Kraanvogel 46 (Jacob Willemszoon Broeder)
- Rouaan 8 (snauw, Willem Knijf)
- Roos 8 (snauw, Juriaan Baak)
- Sint Salvador 6 (fireship, Jan Janszoon Bont)
- Witte Tas 4 (supply ship, Adriaan van Esch)
- Second Squadron:
- Steenbergen 68 (Pieter van Middelandt)
- Leeuwen 50 (Frans Willem, Graaf van Stierum)
- Eendracht 76 (Lt-Admiral Michiel De Ruyter)
- Stad en Lande 54 (Joris Andringa)
- Zuiderhuis 46 (Pieter de Sitter)
- Leiden 36 (Jan van Abkoude)
- Tonijn 8 (snauw, Philips Melkenbeek)
- Kreeft 8 (snauw, Wijbrand Barendszoon)
- Salm 4 (fireship, Jan van Kampen)
- Melkmeisje 4 (fireship, Arent Ruyghaver)
- Third Squadron:
- Oosterwijk 60 (Jacob Teding van Berkhout)
- Harderwijk 46 (Mattheus Megang)
- Spiegel 70 (SbN Nikolaas Verschoor, killed)
- Essen 50 (Gilles Schey) - Sunk
- Damiaten 34 (Isaac van Uitterwijk)
- Groenwijf 36 (Jan Noirot)
- Ter Goes 8 (snauw, Abraham Wilmerdonk)
- Prinsen Wapen 8 (snauw, Hendrik Walop)
- Jakob en Anna 4 (fireship, Dirk Klaaszoon Harney)
- Zwarte Tas 4 (Jacob Stadtlander)
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario 50 (Spanish. Capt. Mateo de Laya y Cabex)
Possibly should be 1 more large Dutch ship
References[]
The original article can be found at Battle of Stromboli and the edit history here.
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