Battle of Sluis (1603)

The Battle of Sluis was a naval battle during the Eighty Years' War in which a Spanish squadron commanded by the Italian captain Federico Spinola tried to break through a blockade of Sluis by Dutch ships under the command of Joos de Moor. After about two hours of fighting the heavily damaged Spanish ships returned to Sluis; Federico Spinola was killed during the action.

Battle of Sluis (1603)
Part of the Eighty Years' War

Battle of Sluis, from the Legermuseum, Delft
Date26 May 1603
Location
Sluis (present-day Netherlands)
Result Dutch victory
Belligerents
 United Provinces  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Joos de Moor Federico Spinola †
Strength
3 men-of-war,
2 galleys,
several minor vessels[1](Spanish source)
2 galleys 2 smaller vessels.[2] Dutch source		 8 Galleys,
1,130 soldiers[1](Spanish source)
8 galleys 4 smaller vessels[2](Dutch source)
Casualties and losses
720 killed,
1 man-of-war sunk[3](Spanish source)
50 dead or wounded
no ships lost[2](Dutch source)		 414 killed[3](Spanish source)
800 dead or wounded
no ships lost[2](Dutch source)

References

Notes
  1. Fernández Duro p. 223
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2010-09-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Fernández Duro p. 224

Bibliography
  • Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. III. Madrid, Spain: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra".


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