Battle of La Rochelle 1372
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Year | 1372 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Medieval (500–1499) | derived from year |
| Location | France | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Hundred Years' War | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Castilian Navy, Crown of Castile, Kingdom of England | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 46.1667, -1.1500 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
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 of Pembroke. The Castilian fleet had been sent to attack the English at La Rochelle, which was being besieged by Castile's French allies.
Pembroke had been dispatched to the town with a small force of fewer than 200 soldiers. His ships also carried £12,000 (equivalent to £10,000,000 in 2025) in silver and instructions to use the money to recruit an army of 3,000 soldiers in Aquitaine in south-west France. The strength of the English fleet is estimated as between the 12 galleys given by the Castilian chronicler and naval captain López de Ayala and the 40 sailing ships, of which three ships were warships and 13 barges mentioned by the French chronicler Jean Froissart. Probably it consisted of 22 ships, mainly galleys and some naos (carracks) three- or four-masted ocean sailing ships. The English fleet probably consisted of 32 ships and 17 small barges of about 50 tons.
The Castilian victory was complete, and the entire English fleet was captured or destroyed. On his return to the Iberian Peninsula, Boccanegra seized another four English ships off Bordeaux.
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