Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1641)

The Battle of Cape St Vincent of 1641 took place on 4 November 1641 between a Spanish fleet commanded by Don Juan Alonso de Idiáquez y Robles and a Dutch fleet led by Artus Gijsels during the Eighty Years' War. Two Dutch ships were lost and more than a hundred of their men were killed, but the cost was higher: 2 Spanish ships with over a thousand Spanish dead. The remaining Spanish fleet was forced to abandon the town to the Dutch and retreat to Cádiz.

Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1641)

The Battle of Cape St Vincent of 1641 took place on 4 November 1641 between a Spanish fleet commanded by Don Juan Alonso de Idiáquez y Robles and a Dutch fleet led by Artus Gijsels during the Eighty Years' War. Two Dutch ships were lost and more than a hundred of their men were killed, but the cost was higher: 2 Spanish ships with over a thousand Spanish dead. The remaining Spanish fleet was forced to abandon the town to the Dutch and retreat to Cádiz.