The Battle of La Rochelle was fought on 22 and 23 June 1372 between a Castilian fleet commanded by the Castilian Almirant Ambrosio Boccanegra and an English fleet commanded by John Hastings, 2nd Earl
The naval battle of La Rochelle, chronicle of Jean Froissart, 15th century.
Depiction of Charles V by Gillot Saint-Evre in the 19th century
A probably 16th-century interpretation of Edward III
The towers guarding the entrance to La Rochelle old harbour. Erected in the late 1340s, the battle probably took place within sight of them.
Fernando Sánchez de Tovar was a Castilian soldier and admiral.
16th-century portrait of Sánchez de Tovar
Main attacks on England by Sánchez de Tovar and Vienne (1374–1380)