Tromp had also been suspended after the…

Tromp had also been suspended after the failure at the Shetlands, and Vice-Admiral Witte de With had been given command.

The Dutch convoys being at the time safe from English attack, De With sees an opportunity to concentrate his forces and gain control of the seas.

At the Battle of the Kentish Knock on October 8, 1652, the Dutch attack the English fleet near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the North Sea, about thirty kilometers from the mouth of the River Thames, but are beaten back with a high number of casualties.