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Heemskerk’s Defeat of the Spaniards at Gibraltar, 25 April 1607

Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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A scene showing a view of the Battle of Gibraltar, 25 April 1607, the first major naval victory for the Dutch in the Eighty Years War, 1568–1648. Thirty Dutch ships took the Spanish fleet by surprise in the Bay of Gibraltar in an action lasting four hours. The Spanish vessels, which threatened Dutch trade with Asia, were destroyed and 4,000 Spaniards and 100 Dutchmen lost their lives. All the Spanish ships were destroyed and both the Dutch and the Spanish admirals were amongst the dead. The Dutch Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck (1567–1607) was hit by a Spanish cannonball while standing on deck. In the painting the Dutch and Spanish ships are shown running from right to left with the Dutch in pursuit. On the right of the painting in the foreground is Heemskerck's flagship the 'Aeolus' with the 'De Roode Leeuw' (the Red Lion), the flagship of Vice-Admiral Laurens Jacobsz Alteras of Zeeland, on her starboard bow.

National Maritime Museum

London

Title

Heemskerk’s Defeat of the Spaniards at Gibraltar, 25 April 1607

Date

c.1619

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 182.8 x W 294.6 cm

Accession number

BHC0265

Work type

Painting

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