Battle Of The Dover Strait
Battle of Dover Strait may refer to: * Battle of Dover Strait (1916), 26-27 October 1916, in the First World War * Battle of Dover Strait (1917), 21 April 1917, in the First World War * Battle of the Narrow Seas, also known as Battle of the Dover Straits, 3–4 October 1602, in the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) See also * Battle of Dover The Battle of Dover may refer to: * Battle of Sandwich (1217), also known as Battle of Dover, 24 August 1217, a naval engagement between England and France in the First Barons' War * Battle of Dover (1652), 29 May 1652, in the First Anglo-Dutch War ...

Battle Of Dover Strait (1916)
The Battle of Dover Strait that occurred on 26–27 October 1916 was a naval battle of the First World War between Great Britain and the German Empire. Two and a half flotillas of German torpedo boats from the Flanders Flotilla launched a raid into the Dover Strait in an attempt to disrupt the Dover Barrage and destroy whatever Allied shipping could be found in the strait. Upon approaching the barrage, the German torpedo boats were challenged by the British destroyer and an engagement broke out. The Germans were able to destroy ''Flirt'' and successfully assault the barrage's drifters, but were once more engaged when a flotilla of British destroyers was sent to repel them. The Germans were able to fight off the additional British units before successfully withdrawing. By the end of the night, the British had lost one destroyer, a transport, and several drifters while the Germans themselves suffered only minor damage to a single torpedo boat. Background In October 1916, the ...
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Battle Of Dover Strait (1917)
The Second Battle of Dover Strait was a naval battle of the First World War, fought in the Dover Strait in April 1917 and should not be confused with the major Battle of Dover Strait in 1916. Two Royal Navy destroyers defeated a superior force of German ''Kaiserliche Marine'' torpedo boats. Two German torpedo boats were sunk; the British suffered damage to both destroyers. Background On 20 April 1917, two groups of torpedo boats of the German Navy raided the Dover Strait to bombard Allied positions on shore and to engage warships patrolling the Dover Barrage— the field of floating mines that prevented German ships from getting into the English Channel. Six torpedo boats bombarded Calais and another six bombarded Dover just before midnight. Battle Two flotilla leaders of the Royal Navy — and — were on patrol near Dover and engaged six of the German ships early on 21 April near the Goodwin Sands. In a confusing action, ''Swift'' torpedoed . ''Broke'' rammed , and the t ...
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Battle Of The Narrow Seas
The Battle of the Narrow Seas, also known as the Battle of the Goodwin Sands or Battle of the Dover Straits was a naval engagement that took place on 3–4 October 1602 during the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585 and part of the Dutch Revolt. An English fleet under Sir Robert Mansell intercepted and attacked six Spanish galleys under the command of Federico Spinola in the Dover Straits. The battle was fought initially off the coast of England and finally off the Spanish Netherlands. The English were soon joined by a Dutch fleet under Jan Adriaanszoon Cant, and they completed the destruction.Jaques p. 714 Background In 1602 Frederico Spinola, younger brother of Ambrogio Spinola, had distinguished himself greatly as a soldier in the Army of Flanders and had succeeded in 1599 going through the English Channel passing the straits of Dover unmolested; this led to a panic called the '' Invisible armada'' as it encouraged suspicions that the attempt might be renewed and on a larger scale. ...
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