Battle of Playa Honda

Battle of Playa Honda
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Date14 – 15 April 1617
Location
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents

Spain Spanish Empire

 Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Spain Juan Ronquillo del Castillo Dutch Republic Joris van Spilbergen
Strength

10 ships

  • 7 galleons
  • 3 galleys
10 ships
Casualties and losses
1 galleon 3 ships
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Eighty Years' War
OriginsList of battles

1566–1572

Western Europe

  • Beeldenstorm
  • Valenciennes
  • Wattrelos
  • Lannoy
  • Oosterweel
  • Dahlen
  • Heiligerlee
  • Jemmingen
  • Jodoigne
  • Le Quesnoy

1572–1576

Western Europe

European waters

1576–1579

Western Europe


1579–1588

Western Europe

European waters

Ten Years, 1588–1598

Western Europe

  • 1st Bergen op Zoom
  • 2nd Geertruidenberg
  • 2nd Breda
  • 2nd Zutphen
  • 2nd Deventer
  • Delfzijl
  • Knodsenburg
  • 1st Hulst
  • Nijmegen
  • Rouen
  • Caudebec
  • 2nd Steenwijk
  • 1st Coevorden
  • 1st Luxemburg
  • 3rd Geertruidenberg
  • 2nd Coevorden
  • Groningen
  • 2nd Luxemburg
  • Huy
  • 1st Groenlo
  • Lippe
  • 2nd Lier
  • Calais
  • 2nd Hulst
  • Turnhout
  • 2nd Rheinberg
  • 1st Meurs
  • 2nd Groenlo
  • Bredevoort
  • Enschede
  • Ootmarsum
  • 1st Oldenzaal
  • 1st Lingen
European waters
  • 1st English Channel · Flanders
  • Bayona Islands
  • Gulf of Almería
  • 1st Cádiz
  • Azores

1599–1609

Western Europe

European waters

Twelve Years' Truce, 1609–1621

Western Europe

  • Aachen

East Indies

  • Playa Honda

1621–1648

Western Europe

European waters

Americas

East Indies


PeaceAftermathHistoriography

The naval Second Battle of Playa Honda (Spanish: Segunda La Batalla Naval de Playa Honda; Filipino: Ikalawang Labanan sa Playa Honda), was the first of three known minor conflicts during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain held in Playa Honda (present-day Botolan) in the Philippines.[1]

All the battles were won by the Spanish. The first battle occurred in 1610. The second and most famous took place in 1617.[2] The third battle took place in 1624.

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Relacion verdadera de la gran vitoria que el Armada Española de la China tuuo contra los olandeses piratas, que andauan en aquellos mares, y de como le tomaron y echaron a fondo doze galeones gruessos, y mataron gra[n] numero de de [sic] gente". us.es. Retrieved 9 Aug 2020.
  2. ^ Ordenes de batalla y listados de escuadras List of ships

15°17′N 119°50′E / 15.283°N 119.833°E / 15.283; 119.833


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