4 ships 7 ships | Date March 1677 | |
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10 ships
Some smaller vessels 10 ships
Some merchant ships Result Dutch victory, French attack repelled Location Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago Similar Battle of Entzheim, Battle of Palermo, Battle of Sinsheim, Battle of Stromboli, Siege of Bonn | ||
The action of March 1677 in the West Indies, often called the Battle of Tobago, took place on 3 March 1677 between a Dutch fleet under Jacob Binckes and a French force attempting to recapture the island of Tobago. There was much death and destruction on both sides. One of the Dutch supply ships caught fire and exploded; the fire then quickly spread in the narrow bay causing several ships, among them the French flagship Glorieux, to catch fire and explode in turn which resulted in great loss of life. The French under Vice-Admiral Comte d'Estrées retreated but would make a second attempt at the end of the year with a much stronger fleet.
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The Facebook game Solitaire Blitz has a level dedicated to the Glorieux, where a user plays a pirate version of Solitaire and retrieves items such as a flag, a shield, a set of swords and the Glorieux's silenced bell, the latter of which is left of the ship.