IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 226546 accession number: CM.YG.3350-R DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 26 February 2019 updated: Monday 29 July 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: This medal, by Christopher Adolfszoon, was struck in Holland to commemorate the memorable four days' fight between the Dutch and English fleets in the Downs, which terminated on the 14th June, 1666 [N. S.]. On the first day, Albemarle with sixty ships attacked the Dutch fleet of ninety, and if not victorious was not defeated. The next morning the attack was renewed, and several English ships being disabled, Albemarle retired towards the Thames. In the evening of the third day he was reinforced by Prince Rupert's squadron, and, though still inferior, renewed the engagement. On the fourth day he again attacked the Dutch, and the fight continued till seven in the evening, when both parties were concealed from each other by a dense fog. Both sides claimed a victory, which belonged to neither. Both suffered greatly, and perhaps in an equal degree, and De Witt's honourable avowal was, "If the English were beaten, their defeat did them more honour than all their former victories; their own (the Dutch) fleet could never have been brought on after the first day's fight, and he believed none but theirs (the English) could." The Admiral taken was Sir George Ayscue who having stranded in "The Prince" was taken prisoner and his vessel burnt. title: Netherlands LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals collection: Young Collection STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/226546 CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1666 - 1666 creation date earliest: 1666 creation date latest: 1666 CREATORS -------- maker: Adolfszoon, Christopher CITATIONS -------- Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 1 Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II: Vol 2 ---