Battle of Lagos (1693)

This article is about the 1693 battle. For the 1759 battle, see Battle of Lagos.

Battle of Lagos
Part of the Nine Years' War

The Naval Battle of Lagos on 27 June 1693
Théodore Gudin
Date27 June 1693 (17 June 1693 O.S.)
Location
Off Lagos, Atlantic Ocean
Result French victory
Belligerents
 France  England
Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Anne Hilarion de Tourville George Rooke
Philips van der Goes
Strength
70 ships of the line
30 smaller warships
30,000 crewmen		 21 ships of the line
1 frigate
5 smaller warships
15,000 crewmen
200 merchant ships
Casualties and losses
500 killed or wounded 2,500 killed or wounded
2,000 captured
2 ships of the line captured
1 ship of the line destroyed
40 merchant ships captured
50 merchant ships destroyed

The Battle of Lagos was fought during the Nine Years' War on 27 June 1693 (17 June 1693 O.S.), when a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke near Lagos Bay in Portugal. Rooke's squadron was protecting the Smyrna convoy, and it is by this name that the action is sometimes known.

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