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Anglo-Dutch Wars The Sovereign of the Seas, an English galleon of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Launched in 1637, this was the largest warship of its time and the first to carry 100 guns. The prominent beak at its bow soon went out of fashion, but its three gun decks and low sterncastle and forecastle set the pattern for ships of the line for the rest of the sailing era. Contemporary engraving by J. Jayne.

Anglo-Dutch Wars

European history
Also known as: Dutch Wars, Engelse Oorlogen
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Anglo-Dutch Wars, four 17th- and 18th-century naval conflicts between England and the Dutch Republic. The first three wars, stemming from commercial rivalry, established Englandā€™s naval might, and the last, arising from Dutch interference in the American Revolution, spelled the end of the republicā€™s position as a world power. The First Anglo-Dutch War (1652ā€“54) began during a tense period following Englandā€™s institution of the 1651 Navigation Act, which was aimed at barring the Dutch from involvement...

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