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Warwick Neutralises Exeter Fleet at Dartmouth 1460

1460
Devon, England
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Devon, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Exeter (Lancastrian)
Forces
Warwick's Calais squadron
VS
Victor
Warwick (Yorkist)
Forces
Exeter commanding royal fleet
Outcome
Lancastrian fleet ineffective; ships deserted to Warwick; Channel superiority passed to Yorkists
The Battle

History & Significance

Henry Holland Duke of Exeter attempted to use the royal fleet against Warwick's Calais squadron in the Channel in 1460 but was outmanoeuvred. Several royal ships deserted to Warwick. The disintegration of the royal fleet contributed to the impossibility of preventing Warwick's successful landing in June 1460.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Warwick Neutralises Exeter Fleet at Dartmouth 1460

Bayard's Cove Castle: a blockhouse in Dartmouth
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Civil War fieldwork known as Gallant's Bower
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Dartmouth Castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.8 miles
Gomerock Tower
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
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