The Battle of Sole Bay, 1672.
The Battle of Sole Bay marked the first naval engagement between British and Dutch forces in the Third Dutch War (1672-74). Following this battle, the Dutch ordered their vessels to attack English settlements, such as Ferryland, in the New World.
From Frank C. Bowen, The Sea: It's History and R omance to 1697, vol. I (London: B.F. Stevens & Brown, 1924-1926) 145.