Blake

The Battle of Carlisle Bay, on 29 April 1665, was a clash between a Dutch naval fleet led by Michiel de Ruyter and the British coastal defenses around Bridgetown Barbados. The battle was one of the opening clashes of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, as these two powerful maritime states sought to dominate trade routes. Although De Ruyter destroyed an English convoy at Carlisle Bay his fleet was severely damaged and unable to lodge ground forces on Barbados of the island.