Battle of Puerto de Cavite

Battle of Puerto de Cavite
Part of Eighty Years' War
Date10 June 1647
Location
Puerto de Cavite in Manila Bay, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic

Spain Spain

  • Philippines
Strength
12 ships Several local ships
Casualties and losses
2 ships Unknown
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Eighty Years' War
OriginsList of battles

1566–1572

Western Europe

  • Beeldenstorm
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  • Wattrelos
  • Lannoy
  • Oosterweel
  • Dahlen
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1572–1576

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1579–1588

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  • 1st Bergen op Zoom
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  • 1st Hulst
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  • 2nd Steenwijk
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  • 1st Luxemburg
  • 3rd Geertruidenberg
  • 2nd Coevorden
  • Groningen
  • 2nd Luxemburg
  • Huy
  • 1st Groenlo
  • Lippe
  • 2nd Lier
  • Calais
  • 2nd Hulst
  • Turnhout
  • 2nd Rheinberg
  • 1st Meurs
  • 2nd Groenlo
  • Bredevoort
  • Enschede
  • Ootmarsum
  • 1st Oldenzaal
  • 1st Lingen
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1599–1609

Western Europe

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Twelve Years' Truce, 1609–1621

Western Europe

  • Aachen

East Indies


1621–1648

Western Europe

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Americas

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PeaceAftermathHistoriography

The naval Battle of Puerto de Cavite (Spanish: La Batalla del Puerto de Cavite; Filipino: Labanan sa Puerto ng Cavite) took place on 10 June 1647 during the Eighty Years' War between a Spanish fleet and a Dutch fleet in Puerto de Cavite, an important Spanish port in Manila Bay, Philippines in which the Dutch were defeated.

Battle

Twelve Dutch ships besieged Puerto de Cavite, the home of the Manila galleons, on 10 June. The Spaniards and Filipinos defended the port with artillery fire and sank the Dutch flagship. Subsequently, the Dutch left with the Spaniards and Filipinos still maintaining control over the port. This came at a great cost since Porta Vaga, a Spanish stone fort that defended the area, was destroyed. The Dutch then went on to harass the Manila Bay area until the war's end in 1648 with the Treaty of Münster.

Port

The port, Puerto de Cavite, was one of many important Spanish naval possessions in Manila Bay in the Captaincy General of the Philippines, and facilitated the Manila galleons trade between the Philippines and New Spain (present day Mexico). Puerto de Cavite is located in present-day Cavite City.

See also

References

14°32′N 120°45′E / 14.533°N 120.750°E / 14.533; 120.750


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