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People: Joachim von Ribbentrop
Topic: Interregnum, Lombard, or Rule of the Dukes

Ayscue attacks an outward-bound Dutch convoy, escorted …

Years: 1652 - 1652
August

Ayscue attacks an outward-bound Dutch convoy, escorted by twenty-three men-of-war and six fire ships commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter, on August 26, 1652, but is beaten back in the Battle of Plymouth and relieved of his command.