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>Ruyter > >Exactly, that's the purpose of the fighting >instructions issued by the Generals at Sea in 1653. To >try and make the English fleet fight in a line ahead. >However this was a very loose formation, as evidenced >by later orders to prevent ships firing through their >own sides vessels who were closer to the enemy. > >I have never been convinced by the theory that Tromp >used a line of battle against the Spanish, especially >as he was still using swarm and board tactics 15 years >later. > >Cy > >>There is evidence that the line of battle was used in >>1639 by Dutch admiral Tromp (an informal line), and by >>1653 the English used a form of line against the Dutch >>in the begining of the last two battles (Gabbard and >>Scheveningen). >>Those battle were not as the Battle of the Saintes >>(1782) or others much later. They tried to used lines >>of battle, but for short time and when weather >>conditions permited.

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