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| Battle of La Rochelle | |||||||
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| Part of the Hundred Years' War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Crown of Castile |
County of Flanders[1] Hanseatic League | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| John II of Castile | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 40 ships captured[1][2] | ||||||
The naval Battle of La Rochelle of 1419 took place between a Castilian and an allied Flemish-Hanseatic fleet.[3][4] The Castillian victory resulted in their naval supremacy in the Bay of Biscay. but it also led to a protracted conflict with Flanders and the Hanseatic League, which ended in 1443 with further commercial concessions to Castile.[5] The battle was notable for the use of guns by the Castilian fleet.