naval engagement, medieval

Battle of Crotoy

Name: Battle of Crotoy
Start: 1347-06-25
Location: English Channel, France

Battle of Crotoy was a naval engagement fought on 25 June 1347 at English Channel, in what is now France. The recorded result: English victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against Unknown.

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Fought25 June 1347

WhereEnglish Channel, France50.217N, 1.600E

OutcomeEnglish victory

BelligerentsKingdom of FranceagainstKingdom of England

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Record

Date	25 June 1347
Place	English Channel, France 50.217N, 1.600E
Kind	Naval engagement, medieval
Strength	Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Philip VI of France	William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Saint-Valery 1358, 3.8 km SE
Battle of Blanchetaque 1346, 8.1 km SE
Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu AD 881, 15 km S
Battle of Mons-en-Vimeu 1421, 16 km S
Battle of Abbeville 1940, 21 km SE

Elsewhere in 1347

Battle of Crotoy is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q104912693, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Crotoy (1347), revision 1370437850, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.