• Thumbnail for Raid on the Medway
    The Raid on the Medway, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in June 1667, was a successful attack conducted by the Dutch navy on English warships laid up...
    43 KB (6,055 words) - 12:37, 14 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boom (navigational barrier)
    Boom (navigational barrier) (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    blocking the Tiber A chain spanned the Golden Horn A chain and boom blocked the River Medway during the Raid on the Medway Hudson River Chain The chain blocking...
    6 KB (705 words) - 18:20, 4 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
    The Hague, had also painted individual portraits of both brothers, and The Apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the Dutch Raid on the Medway in the background...
    6 KB (679 words) - 17:57, 5 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Invasions of the British Isles
    were sunk. The Raid on the Medway, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in June 1667, was a successful attack conducted by the Dutch navy on English battleships...
    57 KB (7,059 words) - 07:07, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Second Anglo-Dutch War
    Second Anglo-Dutch War (category 1665 in the Dutch Empire)
    until the Dutch Raid on the Medway in June 1667 forced Charles II to make terms. The treaty eliminated a number of long-standing issues, and in the long-term...
    46 KB (5,603 words) - 14:38, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jacob Binckes
    Jacob Binckes (category Dutch naval personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars)
    in the Raid on the Medway in the Second Anglo-Dutch War. With his frigate Essen (including 25 marines) Jacob Binckes is part of the taskforce on the Medway...
    3 KB (345 words) - 05:50, 9 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Willem Joseph van Ghent
    Willem Joseph van Ghent (category Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic)
    landing, the Raid on the Medway, the success of which was mainly due to his merit. The English fleet was laid up at the docks on the Medway due to financial...
    15 KB (2,105 words) - 00:00, 5 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Michiel de Ruyter
    Michiel de Ruyter (category Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic)
    1667, De Ruyter executed the highly successful Raid on the Medway, where he destroyed much of the English fleet and captured the English flagship HMS Royal...
    47 KB (6,382 words) - 10:15, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anglo-Dutch Wars
    Anglo-Dutch Wars (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    June 1667, the Raid on the Medway, on the English fleet in its home port arguably won the war for the Dutch; it is considered to be one of the most humiliating...
    27 KB (3,519 words) - 14:37, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Third Anglo-Dutch War
    Third Anglo-Dutch War (category Wars involving the Dutch Republic)
    sought to restore the damage to his prestige caused by the 1667 Raid on the Medway. Under the treaty, Charles also received secret payments which he hoped...
    55 KB (7,053 words) - 14:39, 25 April 2024