The Battle of Sandwich in 851 was one of the earliest recorded English naval victories. Aethelstan, son of King Aethelwulf and sub-king of Kent, intercepted a Danish fleet at Sandwich and captured nine ships, routing the rest. This engagement occurred in the same year that the Danes first wintered in England (on Thanet) and first sacked Canterbury and London. The victory at Sandwich was the Kentish counterpoint to these disasters and demonstrated that the English could fight effectively at sea when they caught the enemy.
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