Battle of Sluys
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The Battle of Sluys, also called the Battle of l'Écluse, was a naval battle fought on 24 June 1340 between England and France. It took place in the roadstead of the port of Sluys, on a since silted-up inlet between Zeeland and West Flanders. The English fleet of 120–150 ships was led by Edward III of England and the 230-strong French fleet by the Breton knight Hugues Quiéret, Admiral of France, and Nicolas Béhuchet, Constable of France. The battle was one of the opening engagements of the Hundred Years' War.
A miniature of the battle from Jean Froissart's Chronicles, 15th century
Edward III A portrait from the 18th century
Hugues Quiéret, Admiral of France, who was beheaded by the English after the battle, shown here in a 19th-century depiction
In 1962 a well-preserved wreck of a cog dated to 1380 was found near Bremen, Germany. This is a full-size reproduction. Merchant vessels such as these, hastily converted to makeshift warships, formed the bulk of both sides' ships.
Sluis
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Sluis is a town and municipality located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western Dutch province of Zeeland.
Skyline of Sluis
Joost de Soete
Ate de Jong, 1976
The town hall and the Belfort in Sluis