The Battle of the Gabbard, 12 June 1653 by Heerman Witmont, shows the Dutch flagship Brederode, left, in action with the English ship Tredagh, the later HMS Resolution.

The naval Battle of the Gabbard, also known as the Battle of Gabbard Bank or the Battle of the North Foreland took place on 12–13 June 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the Gabbard shoal off the coast of Suffolk, England between fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces. The Battle of the Gabbard, 2 June 1653 by Heerman Witmont The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... The Battle of the Gabbard, 2 June 1653 by Heerman Witmont The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Brederode off Hellevoetsluis by Simon de Vlieger Brederode was a 56-gun ship of the navy of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, the flagship of the Dutch fleet in the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... Resolution in a gale by Willem van de Velde, the younger depicts the first Resolution c. ... (Redirected from 12 June) June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. ... Suffolk (pronounced suffuk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The Commonwealth was the republican government which ruled first England and then the whole of Britain, Ireland, the colonies and other Crown possessions during the periods from 1649 (the monarch Charles I being beheaded on January 30 and An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth being passed by the... This article is about the Dutch United Provinces. ...

The English fleet had 100 ships commanded by Generals at Sea George Monck and Richard Deane, the Dutch 98 ships under Admiral Maarten Tromp. On 12 June 1653 the Dutch attacked but were beaten back. On 13 June the English were joined by Admiral Robert Blake and at noon the Dutch, who were practically out of ammo, retreated the English chasing them until well in the evening capturing many Dutch ships. The battle ended with the Dutch losing 17 ships of which 6 were sunk and 11 captured. The English lost no ships, but Deane was killed. George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle by Sir Peter Lely, painted 1665–1666. ... Richard Deane, 1610–1653, General at Sea by Robert Walker, painted c. ... Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, 1597–1653, after an engraving by Jan Lievensz. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Robert Blake, General at Sea, 1599–1657 by Henry Perronet Briggs, painted 1829. ...

The victory lead to the English regaining control over the English Channel, which had be lost some six months earlier in the Battle of Dungeness. The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ... The naval Battle of Dungeness took place on 10 December 1652 during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the cape of Dungeness in Kent. ...

After the battle the English imposed a blockade on the Dutch coast, capturing many merchant ships and crippling the Dutch economy . The fleets met again on 8 August 1653 at the Battle of Scheveningen. August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653 by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten, painted c. ...

See also

• HMS Gabbard of the British Royal Navy was named in honour of the battle.