The Dutch burning English ships during the Raid on the Medway, 20 June 1667. oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The Raid on the Medway, sometimes called the Battle of the Medway, Raid on Chatham or the Battle of Chatham, was a successful Dutch attack on the largest English naval ships, laid up in the dockyards of their main naval base Chatham, that took place in June 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

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The Dutch burning English ships during the Raid on the Medway, 20 June 1667. oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The Raid on the Medway, sometimes called the Battle of the Medway, Raid on Chatham or the Battle of Chatham, was a successful Dutch attack on the largest English naval ships, laid up in the dockyards of their main naval base Chatham, that took place in June 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

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