Action of 10 August 1695 | |||||||
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Part of the Nine Years' War | |||||||
1790 map of the Strait of Dover | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
England | Sweden | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Richard Culliford Richard Athy | Erik Ribbing (DOW) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2 frigates 2 brigantines | 1 ship of the line | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Several killed 1 frigate damaged |
4 killed 3 wounded 1 ship of the line captured |
The action of 10 August 1695 was a naval skirmish between the Swedish Navy warship Wachtmeister and a four-ship squadron of the English Royal Navy during the Nine Years' War. It ended with the English capturing Wachtmeister.