#Heerman Witmont

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La Normandie et les peintres 1

La Normandie et les peintres 1

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The first use of the line of battle

In the early 17th century, warships were armed with guns thst were able to fire in all directions. However, they took a long time to reload, so once a ship had fired all its guns, it had to withdraw from battle to rearm. By the 1640s, most of the guns were placed on a warships sides rather than at its bow and stern. The guns themselves had also evolved and could be reloaded without a ship leaving the action of the battle.

The Battle of Gabbard 1653, by Heerman Witmont, after 1653

In June 1653, at the Battle of the Gabbard in the North Sea, the English fleet, under its commanders George Monck and Richard Deane, formed a single line of ships, so that all the guns could be deployed without one vessel masking another. According to one contemporary commentator, this new tactic threw the Dutch into " [...]very great confusion, and the English fought in excellent order."

The Battle of Copenhagen 1801, by Nicholas Pocock

The line of battle, as it became known was the standart tactic, until the Napoleonic Wars. It had a profound effect on naval construction, since each warship had to take on the veasel opposite it in the enemy line, however big. This meant that smaller ship had no longer a significant fight role in the battle fleets.

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Action Between Dutch and English Ships, Heerman Witmont

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