Battle of Stromboli

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Battle of Stromboli

Date	January 8, 1676
Location	Near Stromboli
Result	Tactically Indecisive , French strategic victory

Combatants

Commanders

Strength

19 ships of the line

20 ships of the line

Casualties

1 ship lost , 80 killed

400 killed

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 Dutch-Spanish fleet of 19 Dutch and 1 Spanish ships under Lieutenant-Admiral-General Michiel de Ruyter that lasted eight hours and ended inconclusively. The fleets were to fight again at the Battle of Agosta. Ships involved:

[edit] France (du Quesne)

20 ships including:
Sceptre 80 (flagship, Louis Victor de Rochechouart)
Saint Esprit 70 (du Quesne)
Saint Michel 60 (Marquis de Preuilly d'Humières)
6 other battleships
4 ships under Valbelle
large convoy

[edit] Netherlands/Spain (Melchior de la Cueva)

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 (Gillis 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 Pueblo (Spanish) - Captured
possibly should be 1 more large Dutch ship