Action of 4 February 1781
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The action of 4 February 1781 was a minor naval engagement that occurred on 4 February 1781 off Sombrero, Anguilla, between a British force of two ships of the line and one frigate under the command of Captain Francis Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Baron Ducie and a Dutch ship of the line escorting thirty merchant ships under the command of Rear-Admiral Willem Krull, and resulted in the capture of all Dutch vessels present by the British. The battle occurred soon after a British expeditionary force under the command of Admiral George Brydges Rodney had captured the Dutch colony of Sint Eustatius during the opening stages of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, a conflict resulting from tensions between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic over Dutch support for the American rebels during the Revolutionary War.
Willem Crul is shot dead during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in 1781| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1781 | Action of 4 February 1781 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Willem Crul is shot dead during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in 1781 | Commons | ||
