Battle of La Rochelle (1419)

Battle of La Rochelle
	Part of the Hundred Years' War
Date	December 30, 1419
Location	Coast and Port of La Rochelle
Result	Castilian victory Castilian supremacy in the Bay of Biscay;
Belligerents
Crown of Castile	County of Flanders[1]; Hanseatic League
Commanders and leaders
John II of Castile	Unknown
Casualties and losses
	40 ships captured[1][2]

The naval Battle of La Rochelle 1419 was a battle between a Castilian and an allied Flemish-Hanseatic fleet.[3][4] The battle was notable for the use of guns by the Castilian fleet.

References

Nicolle, David (2014). Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th–15th Centuries. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9781782007807.
Charles D Stanton (30 June 2015). Medieval Maritime Warfare. Pen and Sword. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-4738-5643-1.
N. A. M. Rodger (1998). The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-393-31960-6.
John Roger Loxdale Highfield (10 February 1972). Spain in the fifteenth century, 1369-1516: essays and extracts by historians of Spain. Macmillan. p. 71.

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[Nicolle-1] Nicolle, David (2014). Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th–15th Centuries. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 40. ISBN 9781782007807.

[Stanton2015-2] Charles D Stanton (30 June 2015). Medieval Maritime Warfare. Pen and Sword. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-4738-5643-1.

[Rodger1998-3] N. A. M. Rodger (1998). The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-393-31960-6.

[Highfield1972-4] John Roger Loxdale Highfield (10 February 1972). Spain in the fifteenth century, 1369-1516: essays and extracts by historians of Spain. Macmillan. p. 71.