Battle on the Zuiderzee
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Dutch ships after the battle.
Date October 11, 1573 Location The Zuiderzee, now the IJsselmeer Result Decisive Dutch victory
Combatants
Dutch rebels	Spain
Commanders
Cornelis Jansz Dircksz	Maximilian de Henin Count of Bossu
Strength
24 ships, 700 sailors	30 ships, 1300 sailors
Casualties
Unknown	6 ships captured by the Dutch – 300 sailors taken prisoner

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Prelude

One the largest Dutch cities, Amsterdam, was occupied by the Spanish. The supply routes for this cities almost exclusively went through the Zuiderzee. The Dutch rebels tried to disturb this route as much as they could. In 1573 the Spanish Govenor Maximilian de Henin Count of Bossu tried to destroy the rebels once and for all by sending a large fleet from Amsterdam to the Zuiderzee. Bossu's Fleet consisted of 30 ships with over 1300 crew, his flagship "The Inquisition" weighed over 250 tons and had armoured plating. On the opposing side the Gueux managed to assemble a fleet of 24 (much smaller and more lighty armed) ships and 700 men. Olivia Amador ... The term Inquisition (Latin: Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis Sanctum Officium) is a special Chatolic ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy. ... The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 252 wine gallons, which holds approximately 2100 pounds of water. ...

Battle

Bossu left Amsterdam on October 5th and was almost completely attacked by the Dutch. The latter, because heavily outgunned, has chosen a boarding tactic and tried to get to the Spanish ships as fast as possible. Because of the wind the Dutch ships failed to reach the Spanish fleet and the Duth fleet was severely damaged by the Spanish guns. Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Fleet can refer to several things: Fleet is the name of several places: Fleet, a village in Dorset, England Fleet, in the county of Hampshire, England the River Fleet, a subterranean river in London, England Fleet Street, named after the river Fleet Prison, named after the river Fleet Marriages, named... USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. ...

It wasn't untill October 11th the wind turned and the Dutch could execute a surprise attack. The Spanish flagship was boarded and rann aground. The attackers threw boiling water and threw primitve molotov cocktails at the Spanish and the battle lasted for a whole night. When Bossu found out his fleet had abbandoned him he surrenderd. Wind is the roughly horizontal movement of air (as opposed to an air current) caused by uneven heating of the Earths surface. ... Molotov cocktail is the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons. ... Look up surrender in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...