Battle of Lagos (1693)

Battle of Lagos
Part of the Nine Years' War

Battle of Lagos by Théodore Gudin
Date27 June 1693 (17 June 1693 O.S.)
Location
near Lagos, Portugal
Result French victory
Belligerents
 Kingdom of France[1]  England
 Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Anne Hilarion de Tourville Kingdom of England George Rooke
Dutch Republic Philips van der Goes
Strength
approx. 100 sail, of which 70 ships of the line
30,000 crewmen[2]

21 ships of the line
1 frigate
5 smaller ships
15,000 crewmen[2]

upwards of 200 armed merchantmen
Casualties and losses
500 killed or wounded[2]
no ships lost
2,500 killed or wounded
2,000 captured[2]
90 merchantmen,
of which 40 captured
1 English ship of the line destroyed
2 Dutch 64-gun warships captured[2]

The Battle of Lagos was a sea battle during the Nine Years' War on 27 June 1693 (17 June 1693 O.S.), when a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke near Lagos Bay in Portugal. Rooke's squadron was protecting the Smyrna convoy, and it is by this name that the action is sometimes known.

  1. ^
    • "...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis..." (Ripley & Dana 1879, p. 250).
    • On the reverse of this plate it says: "Le pavillon royal était véritablement le drapeau national au dix-huitième siecle...Vue du chateau d'arrière d'un vaisseau de guerre de haut rang portant le pavillon royal (blanc, avec les armes de France)" (Vinkhuijzen collection 2011).
    • "The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour" (Chisholm 1911, p. 460).
  2. ^ a b c d e Bodart 1908, p. 117.