Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Maarten Tromp

Battles of Maarten Tromp

Dutch admiral (1598-1653)

Maarten Tromp is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1639 and 1653: 1 battle, 1 siege and 7 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in United Kingdom (5), France (3), Netherlands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,027 km apart end to end, 128 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Anglo-Dutch War (5), Eighty Years' War (4).

Action of 18 February 1639Fight in the ChannelSiege of DunkirkBattle of DungenessBattle of the DownsBattle of Goodwin SandsBattle of PortlandBattle of the GabbardBattle of ScheveningenBattle of the DownsBattle of Goodwin SandsBattle of PortlandBattle of the GabbardBattle of ScheveningenBrusselsBirminghamLe HavreLilleRotterdamAntwerpenNottinghamBrightonPortsmouthStoke200 km51.254N, 0.887E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1639: 3 engagements3 in 16391646: 1 engagements1652: 2 engagements1653: 3 engagements3 in 165316391653
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Action of 18 February 1639, 1639Fight in the Channel, 1639Battle of the Downs, 1639Siege of Dunkirk, 1646Battle of Goodwin Sands, 1652Battle of Dungeness, 1652Battle of Portland, 1653Battle of the Gabbard, 1653Battle of Scheveningen, 165316391653
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
18 February 1639Action of 18 February 1639FranceDutch victory
1639Fight in the ChannelCalais, France41 km SWInconclusive
21 October 1639Battle of the DownsEnglish Channel, United Kingdom37 km NWDutch victory
7 September 1646Siege of DunkirkDunkirk, France64 km EFranco-Dutch victory
29 May 1652Battle of Goodwin SandsDover, United Kingdom66 km NWInconclusive
10 December 1652Battle of DungenessDungeness, United Kingdom47 km SWDutch victory
20 February 1653Battle of PortlandIsle of Portland, United Kingdom255 km WEnglish victory
3 June 1653Battle of the GabbardSuffolk, United Kingdom343 km NEEnglish victory
8 August 1653Battle of ScheveningenTer Heijde, Netherlands173 km ESee aftermath

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, After Jan Lievens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.