- Battle of Puerto de Cavite
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Battle of Puerto de Cavite Part of Eighty Years' War Date 10 June 1647 Location Puerto de Cavite in Manila Bay, Philippines Result Spanish victory Belligerents 
Dutch Republic
SpainStrength 12 ships Several local ships Casualties and losses 2 ships Unknown Oosterweel – Dahlen – Heiligerlee – Groningen – Jemmingen – Jodoigne – Brielle – Goes – Mechelen (1572) – Zutphen (1572) – Naarden – Haarlem – Flushing – Borsele – Haarlemmermeer – Zuiderzee – Namur – Alkmaar – Leiden – Reimerswaal – Mookerheyde – Buren – Zierikzee – Aalst - Maastricht (1576) - Antwerp (1576) - Gembloux – Rijmenam – 1st Deventer – Maastricht (1579) – Mechelen (1580) - Hardenberg – 1st Breda – Dunkirk – Antwerp (1584-85) – Empel – Boksum – Zutphen (1586) – 1st Bergen op Zoom – Gravelines – Medemblik – Spain – Geertruidenberg – 2nd Breda – 2nd Deventer – 2nd Groenlo – Turnhout – 3rd Groenlo – 2nd Bredevoort – Doetinchem – Nieuwpoort – Ostend – Sluys – Lingen – 4th Groenlo – Gibraltar – Playa-Honda – 2nd Gibraltar – Jülich – 2nd Bergen op Zoom – 3rd Breda – Bahia – Puerto Rico – 5th Groenlo – Bay of Matanzas – 's-Hertogenbosch – Albrolhos – Bruges – Slaak – Maastricht (1632) – Saint Martin – Leuven – Schenkenschans – Lizard Point – 4th Breda – Venlo – Kallo – Geldern – English Channel – The Downs – Providencia – 1st Hulst – Cape St. Vincent – 2nd Saint Martin – 2nd Hulst – La Naval de Manila – Puerto de CaviteThe naval Battle of Puerto de Cavite took place on 10 June 1647 during the Eighty Years' War between a Spanish fleet and a Dutch fleet in Puerto de Cavite, an important Spanish port in Manila Bay, Philippines in which the Dutch were defeated.
Battle
Twelve Dutch ships besieged Puerto de Cavite, the home of the Manila galleons, on June 10. The Spaniards and Filipinos defended the port with artillery fire and sank the Dutch flagship. Subsequently the Dutch left with the Spaniards and Filipinos still maintaining control over the port. This came at a great cost since Porta Vaga, a Spanish stone fort that defended the area, was destroyed. The Dutch then went on to harass the Manila Bay area until the war's end in 1648 with the Treaty of Münster.
Port
The port, Puerto de Cavite, was one of many important Spanish naval possessions in Manila Bay in the Captaincy General of the Philippines, and facilitated the Manila galleons trade between the Philippines and New Spain (present day Mexico). Puerto de Cavite is located in present day Cavite City.
See also
- Battles La Naval de Manila
- Spanish East Indies
Categories:- Conflicts in 1647
- Battles involving the Philippines
- Battles involving the Netherlands
- Naval battles of the Eighty Years' War
- Spanish colonial period in the Philippines
- Southeast Asian history stubs
- Dutch history stubs
- Spanish battle stubs
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