Conflict: | Battle of Playa Honda |
Partof: | the Eighty Years' War |
Date: | 14 – 15 April 1617 |
Place: | Botolan, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
Result: | Spanish victory |
Combatant1: | Spanish Empire |
Commander1: | Juan Ronquillo del Castillo |
Commander2: | Joris van Spilbergen |
Strength1: | 10 ships |
Strength2: | 10 ships |
Casualties1: | 1 galleon |
Casualties2: | 3 ships |
The naval Second Battle of Playa Honda (Spanish: Segunda La Batalla Naval de Playa Honda; Filipino: Ikalawang Labanan sa Playa Honda), was the first of three known minor conflicts during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain held in Playa Honda (present-day Botolan) in the Philippines.[1]
All the battles were won by the Spanish. The first battle occurred in 1610. The second and most famous took place in 1617.[2] The third battle took place in 1624.