naval engagement, early modern

Battle of Ronas Voe

Name: Battle of Ronas Voe
Start: 1674-03-14
Location: Ronas Voe, United Kingdom

Battle of Ronas Voe was a naval engagement fought on 14 March 1674 at Ronas Voe, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Third Anglo-Dutch War, which ran from 1672 to 1674. The recorded result: English victory. Recorded strength: 1 East Indiaman against 1 3rd-rate ship-of-the-line; 2 4th-rate ships-of-the-line.

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Fought14 March 1674

WhereRonas Voe, United Kingdom60.507N, 1.447W

OutcomeEnglish victory

BelligerentsDutch East India CompanyagainstKingdom of England

Casualties and lossesUp to 300 dead; Unknown casualties; 1 ship capturedandUnknown; 0 ships

Part ofThird Anglo-Dutch War1672 to 1674

Where it sits in Third Anglo-Dutch War

4 placed engagements of Third Anglo-Dutch War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	14 March 1674
Place	Ronas Voe, United Kingdom 60.507N, 1.447W
Kind	Naval engagement, early modern
Strength	1 East Indiaman	1 3rd-rate ship-of-the-line; 2 4th-rate ships-of-the-line
Casualties and losses	Up to 300 dead; Unknown casualties; 1 ship captured	Unknown; 0 ships
Commanders	Dutch East India Company	Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington John Wetwang

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

Nearest engagements

Action off Lerwick 1917, 151 km E
Battle of Summerdale 1529, 195 km SW
Sinking of HMS Royal Oak 1939, 200 km SW
Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow 1919, 204 km SW
Battle of Champions 1478, 244 km SW

In the same war

Before: Reconquest of New Netherland 1673
All 4 engagements of Third Anglo-Dutch War

Elsewhere in 1674

Battle of Ronas Voe is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q108460025, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Ronas Voe, revision 1384545040, 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.