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Battle of Beachy Head
1690
30 June 1690
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War of the Grand Alliance

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When French Admiral Anne Comte de Tourville entered the English Channel with a powerful fleet, outnumbered English-Dutch ships under Arthur Herbert Earl of Torrington were ordered out to battle. Off Beachy Head, in Sussex, Torrington had 12 ships destroyed for no French losses before de Tourville broke off the pursuit. The English Admiral never again served at sea.


   
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