Battle of Playa Honda

Battle of Playa Honda
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
Date	14 – 15 April 1617
Location	Botolan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain Philippines;	Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Juan Ronquillo del Castillo	Joris van Spilbergen
Strength
10 ships 7 galleons; 3 galleys;	10 ships
Casualties and losses
1 galleon	3 ships

The naval Battle of Playa Honda (Spanish: La Batalla Naval de Playa Honda; Filipino: Labanan sa Playa Honda), was the first of three known minor conflicts during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain held in Playa Honda (present-day Botolan) in the Philippines.^[1]

All the battles were won by the Spanish. The first battle occurred in 1610. The second and most famous took place in 1617.^[2] The third battle took place in 1624.

Notes and references

^ "Relacion verdadera de la gran vitoria que el Armada Española de la China tuuo contra los olandeses piratas, que andauan en aquellos mares, y de como le tomaron y echaron a fondo doze galeones gruessos, y mataron gra[n] numero de de [sic] gente". us.es. Retrieved 9 Aug 2020.
^ Ordenes de batalla y listados de escuadras List of ships

[1] "Relacion verdadera de la gran vitoria que el Armada Española de la China tuuo contra los olandeses piratas, que andauan en aquellos mares, y de como le tomaron y echaron a fondo doze galeones gruessos, y mataron gra[n] numero de de [sic] gente". us.es. Retrieved 9 Aug 2020.

[2] Ordenes de batalla y listados de escuadras List of ships

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