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Battle of La Rochelle (1419)

Coordinates: 47°16′00″N 1°23′00″W / 47.2667°N 1.38333°W / 47.2667; -1.38333
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Battle of La Rochelle
Part of the Hundred Years' War
DateDecember 30, 1419
Location
Coast and Port of La Rochelle
47°16′00″N 1°23′00″W / 47.2667°N 1.38333°W / 47.2667; -1.38333
Result Castilian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of England
Hanseatic League
Crown of Castile

The naval Battle of La Rochelle 1419 was a battle between a Castilian and an allied English-Hanseatic fleet.[1][2][3] The battle was notable for the use of guns by the Castilian fleet.

References

  1. ^ N. A. M. Rodger (1998). The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-393-31960-6.
  2. ^ John Roger Loxdale Highfield (10 February 1972). Spain in the fifteenth century, 1369-1516: essays and extracts by historians of Spain. Macmillan. p. 71.
  3. ^ Charles D Stanton (30 June 2015). Medieval Maritime Warfare. Pen and Sword. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-4738-5643-1.