Battle of Medway

Battle of Medway

SK-C-1737

In June 1667 a battle fleet under the command of Michiel de Ruyter surprised the English anchored off Chatham. In the foreground Sheerness Fort can be seen going up in flames. A heavy barrier chain is strung midway across the River Medway, but in vain: columns of smoke rise from the various English ships torched by the Dutch upriver.

painter: Willem Schellinks

c. 1668

olieverf op doek

height 153 cm x width 209 cm x height 178 cm x width 235.5 cm x depth 17 cm

On loan from the Stichting Vaderlandsch Fonds ter Aanmoediging van 's Lands Zeedienst

Public domain

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