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 | |||||||
500 1 ship |
400–800 2+ cannons 7 ships | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
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.