Anglo-Dutch Wars — Era Opening 1652–1674

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Ships of the line in a single fighting line. Not a named-battle portrait.

Overview

The opening is already on Age of Sail — Era Overview. The era opens approximately with the Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–1674), which established fleet tactics and line-of-battle doctrine.¹

The Opening

This note covers that era-opening only. A battle list, a Dutch life, and Fighting Instructions stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Line of Battle — Naval Tactic already used the 1650s doctrine sentence and left the wars unwritten as their own page. Age of Sail Close — Steam, Iron, and Shell is the close, not this opening. Do not invent a first formal-line date from this page.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Line of Battle — Naval Tactic

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Era_Context
• Early_Modern_Index

Same Subject

• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Line of Battle — Naval Tactic
• Age of Sail Close — Steam, Iron, and Shell
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Cross-Domain

• Royal Navy — Institutional Overview
• First Rate Ship of the Line — Class Overview

Footnotes

1. Era opens approximately with the Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–1674), which established fleet tactics and line-of-battle doctrine: Age of Sail — Era Overview. ↩

2. 1650s doctrine stays on Line of Battle — Naval Tactic. Close stays on Age of Sail Close — Steam, Iron, and Shell. Do not invent a battle list, a Dutch life, Fighting Instructions, or a first formal-line date. ↩