Siege of Portsmouth

Siege of Portsmouth
Part of the First English Civil War
Date10 August–7 September 1642
Location
Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Lord Goring
Strength
500
1 ship
400-800
2+ cannons
7 ships
Casualties and losses
Unknown
1 ship captured
Unknown

The siege of Portsmouth was the siege of a Royalist garrison in Portsmouth by a Parliamentarian force conducted in the early part of the First English Civil War. The siege resulted in Portsmouth falling to Parliament after a little under a month of conflict.