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Battle of Cape Alava
	Part of the Atmoran Campaign of the Third Voshan War
Date	29 November 1943
Location	Cape Alava
Result	Royalist victory
Belligerents
Atmoran Confederation; Mizuhese Royalists	Atmoran Republic
Commanders and leaders
Jan-Pieter van Hossen; Maurits Sievering†; Sietse Priem van Morrenhof	Herman Buitenhuis; Boudewijn van Liedenbaum
Strength
Total: 53 warships ; 2 aircraft carriers; 6 battleships; 4 battlecruisers; 5 heavy cruisers; 9 light cruisers; 27 destroyers; c. 210 carrier aircraft	Total: 56 warships ; 1 aircraft carriers; 2 battleships; 3 battlecruisers; 4 heavy cruisers; 6 light cruisers; 23 destroyers; 17 Corvettes; c. 86 carrier aircraft
Casualties and losses
3 battleships sunk; 1 battlecruiser sunk; 2 heavy cruisers sunk; 1 light cruiser sunk; 8 destroyers sunk; 76 aircraft destroyed; 5,678 killed	1 aircraft carrier; 2 battleships sunk; 2 battlecruiser sunk; 3 heavy cruisers sunk; 4 light cruiser sunk; 7 destroyers sunk; 8 corvettes sunk; 47 aircraft destroyed; 4.971 killed

Revision as of 09:38, 22 January 2024

The Battle of Cape Alava (Dutch: Slag bij Kaap Alava) was a naval battle off the coast of Cape Alava in which High Queen Katherine I and her staff fled from Westend evacuating to Asvarre. The battle was marked by a series of royalist last stands against Rijkskrijgsmarine Admiral Herman Buitenhuis's Atmoran Home Fleet. Such as Kaptein-ter-Zee Floris-Jan Fortuin made a last stand by ramming battleship RMS Graaf Moltke along with sinking light cruisers RMS Asperen, RMS Arnemuiden, and RMS Blauwenhoek. Admiral Prince Jan-Pieter van Hossen's Atmoran Royalist Fleet succesfully crossed the Halkeginian Sea allowing the formation of the Free Atmoran Forces.

Grootadmiraal Jan-Pieter prins van Hossen
- Four battleships: HMS Onbevreesd, HMS Triomfantelijk, HMS Frederik IV, HMS Prinsesse Winter
- Three heavy cruisers: HMS Vineta, HMS Draak, and HMS Groote Liefde
- Nine destroyers:
Admiraal Sietse Priem van Morrenhof
- Two aircraft carriers: HMS Invencible and HMS Onverzoenlijk
- Two battlecruisers: HMS Prins van Wolf and HMS Zegepralend
- Ten destroyers:
Schout-bij-nacht Maurits Sievering
- Two battlecruisers: HMS Leeuw and HMS Héroïne
- Four destroyers: HMS Thies Salvera, HMS Reinalda, HMS De Ridder, HMS Mathies Veltmans
Schout-bij-nacht Hendrik K.G. Geursen
- Two battlecruisers:
- Four destroyers:
Schout-bij-nacht Karel Hofting
- Two heavy cruisers:
- Four light cruisers:
Schout-bij-nacht Michiel Wietten
- Five light cruisers:

Admiraal Herman Buitenhuis
- Two battleships:
- Nine destroyers:
Admiraal Boudewijn van Liedenbaum
- One aircraft carrier:
- Two heavy cruisers:
- Five destroyers:
Viceadmiraal Chiel Vinkers
- Three battlecruisers:
- Six destroyers:
Schout-bij-nacht Reinier ten Hermsel
- Two heavy cruisers:
- Four light cruisers:
Schout-bij-nacht Lourens van Dorland
- Two light cruisers:
- Three destroyers:
- Two corvettes:
Commandeur Jeroen Wastenecker
- Seven corvettes:
Commandeur Barend Willemse
- Eight corvettes:

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 * ''Admiraal'' [[Herman Buitenhuis]]
+** Two battleships:
+** Nine destroyers:
 * ''Admiraal'' [[Boudewijn van Liedenbaum]]
+** One aircraft carrier:
+** Two heavy cruisers:
+** Five destroyers:
+* ''Viceadmiraal'' [[Chiel Vinkers]]
+** Three battlecruisers:
+** Six destroyers:
+* ''Schout-bij-nacht'' [[Reinier ten Hermsel]]
+** Two heavy cruisers:
+** Four light cruisers:
+* ''Schout-bij-nacht'' [[Lourens van Dorland]]
+** Two light cruisers:
+** Three destroyers:
+** Two corvettes:
+* ''Commandeur'' [[Jeroen Wastenecker]]
+** Seven corvettes:
+* ''Commandeur'' [[Barend Willemse]]
+** Eight corvettes: