Battle of Dover (1652)

BelligerentsDutch RepublicCommonwealth of EnglandCommanders and leadersMaarten TrompRobert Blake
Benjamin BlakeStrength 47 ships 25 shipsCasualties and losses 1 ship captured Unknown

The naval Battle of Dover , fought on 19 May 1652 (29 May 1652 Gregorian calendar), was the first engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War between the navies of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands. It proved to be an indecisive battle involving the flagships of Admirals Maarten Tromp and Robert Blake. Opinions about the outcome of that battle vary among historians of that period.