Sources associate Tromp's dismissal with a Battle of the Shetland Islands, but the stated dates and battle identities do not agree. A Gregorian-versus-Julian conversion fails to produce a clean match in English accounts. The closest provisional candidate is Robert Blake's 12 July attack on the Dutch fishing-guard squadron in the North Sea, where English frigates took twelve Dutch vessels and many fishing boats. Delayed news after those losses might explain part of the discrepancy, but the identification remains uncertain. Calendars, battle names, and incomplete reporting can leave naval chronology uncertain even when the broad event is known.
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The uncertain action behind Tromp's dismissal
Conflicting calendars and battle names leave the action associated with Tromp's removal uncertain in the surviving accounts.