Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Robert Blake

Battles of Robert Blake

military commander of the Commonwealth of England (1599-1657), 1598 to 1657

Robert Blake is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1644 and 1653: 1 battle, 2 sieges and 3 naval actions, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 703 km apart end to end, 141 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Anglo-Dutch War (4), First English Civil War (2).

Siege of Lyme RegisSieges of TauntonBattle of Goodwin SandsBattle of the Kentish KnockBattle of DungenessBattle of PortlandSieges of TauntonBattle of Goodwin SandsBattle of the Kentish KnockBattle of DungenessBattle of PortlandLe HavreCardiffBrightonPortsmouthCoventryLutonOxfordIpswichAmiensCambridge100 km50.950N, 0.796W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1644: 2 engagements1652: 3 engagements3 in 16521653: 1 engagements16441653
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Lyme Regis, 1644Sieges of Taunton, 1644Battle of Goodwin Sands, 1652Battle of the Kentish Knock, 1652Battle of Dungeness, 1652Battle of Portland, 165316441653
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
20 April 1644Siege of Lyme RegisLyme Regis, United KingdomParliamentarian victory
September 1644Sieges of TauntonTaunton, United Kingdom35 km NParliamentarian victory
29 May 1652Battle of Goodwin SandsDover, United Kingdom323 km EInconclusive
8 October 1652Battle of the Kentish KnockNorth Sea, United Kingdom33 km NWEnglish victory
10 December 1652Battle of DungenessDungeness, United Kingdom58 km SDutch victory
20 February 1653Battle of PortlandIsle of Portland, United Kingdom255 km WEnglish victory

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, Henry Perronet Briggs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.