The Battle of Amsterdam, or the destruction of the French-Allied Dutch fleet at the hands of a ludicrously superior force:
The Batavian Fleet, outnumbered approximately 2.5:1, approaches the British Reserve Fleet's, reinforced by the Texel Squadron, blockade of Amsterdam at 12:10
The van of the British lines moves forward to cut off the Batavian Fleet, long range fire begins
Goliath and
Hero engage
Prins Eerste and
Neptunus. A devastating low-aimed raking volley at 200 yards tears the hull of
Prins Eerste to shreds she sinks
Holstein is cought forward of the line and is engaged by half the Dutch fleet
Donegal rakes
Neptunus at close range.
Neptunus' magazines are hit and she explodes (As noted dramatically by the crazy mustached person), setting every ship within half a kilometer ablaze
The British ships move into the dense smoke created by the gunfire and explosions, where the Dutch ships are apparently fouled and unable to move
Pompee fires upon
Oldenbarneveldt, previously damaged by the explosion and gunfire, causing it to flood and sink
The British and Dutch vans engage each other at point blank range in the smoke.
Hersteller grapples
Athenian but recieves heavy fire at close range from 3 British ships. several ships, mostly Dutch, are heavily damaged
The rear engages as well.
Staaten Generaal is set on fire by long range gunfire and strikes her colours. British ships move forward and rake the rest of the Dutch fleet
At 12:50, the Dutch fleet breaks contact and retreats back into Amsterdam. The British fleet pursues and inflicts some casualties. The battle is concluded, the Batavian Fleet having lost 5 ships and 1,779 men as opposed to the British losing just 491 men
