Siege of Portsmouth
| Siege of Portsmouth | |||||||
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| Part of the First English Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Royalists | Parliamentarians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Lord Goring | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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500 1 ship |
400–800 2+ cannons 7 ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Unknown 1 ship captured | Unknown | ||||||
The siege of Portsmouth was the siege of a Royalist garrison in Portsmouth by a Parliamentarian force conducted in the early part of the First English Civil War. The siege resulted in Portsmouth falling to Parliament after a little under a month of conflict.