Medal cast

Cast of a commemorative medal. Reverse only. Inscription. 'Anno 1665 den 10 Augusti geneekte de Graaf van Zandwigh met 15. Oorloghs-Schepen, 4 kitzen, en 2 branders, tot voor de haven van Bergen in Noorwegen, daar 10 Oost-Indische, en andere Coopvaardy-Schepen ten ancker lagen, waar op hy met zyn voorfs Vloot, in een halve-maan opeen Sprong korte en de Nederlanders, meende te vernielen; dus gaven zy van de Kafteelen en wederzydts vuur, en d'Engelsche wierden, na kabel-kappen, genwongen Schandelych de vlught te nemen'. (In the year 1665, on August 10, the Earl of Sandwich advanced with 15 men-of-war, four small vessels and two fireships to the harbour of Bergen in Norway, where lay at anchor ten east Indiamen and othe merchant vessels; wherupon with his fore-mentioned fleet he attacked them suddenly in the form of a crescent, and thought to destroy the Dutch, wherupon those in the forts began to fire on both sides and the English were compelled to cut their cables and take to shameful flight).

Object Details

ID: SEC1265
Type: Medal cast
Display location: Not on display
Events: Second Anglo-Dutch War: Action off Bergen, 1665
Date made: 10 Aug 1665
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wellcome Collection
Measurements: Overall: 6 mm x 55 mm