Battle of Barbados (1665)

Battle of Barbados
Part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Date29 April 1665
Location
Barbados, Caribbean Sea
13°05′N 59°37′W / 13.083°N 59.617°W / 13.083; -59.617
Result English victory[1]
Belligerents
 Dutch Republic England England
Commanders and leaders
Michiel de Ruyter Francis Willoughby
Strength
13 ships
2,500 sailors & soldiers		 Various shore defenses
Casualties and losses
400 casualties,
many ships damaged[2]		 12 merchant ships destroyed
3 killed & 10 wounded[3]

The Battle of Barbados also known as the Action of Carlisle Bay was a military action that took place off the Caribbean island of Barbados on 29 April 1665 just before the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. It was fought between an English force defending against an attacking Dutch force led by Michiel de Ruyter. Although De Ruyter destroyed much of an English convoy at Carlisle Bay his fleet was severely damaged and was unable to launch an invasion of the island.[4]

  1. ^ Canny 1998, p. 137.
  2. ^ Burns, Alan (1954). History of the British West Indies. Allen & Unwin. p. 303.
  3. ^ Harlow 2017, pp. 2–3.
  4. ^ Marley 2008, p. 159.