jan 1, 1667 - Battle of Medway

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- Dutch raid on English Dockyards
- Very humiliating for the English Navy
- Public proof that the English could not defend their own coastline
- Charles II was broke and had no money to pay Navy
- Royal Charles (English flagship) was seized by the Dutch
- Dutch were nervy about the ease of their success and on the 14th June withdrew, taking the Royal Charles with them

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