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Battle of Portland: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date February 28, 1653 - March 2, 1653
Location Atlantic Ocean • English Channel • Isle of Portland
Participants Dutch Republic • England
Context Anglo-Dutch War

Photos

The Battle of Portland, 1653
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Key People

Maarten Tromp
Maarten Tromp
Dutch admiral
Robert Blake, portrait miniature by Samuel Cooper; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.
Robert Blake
British admiral

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