Action off La Goulette (1615)
| Action off La Goulette (1615) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Spain |
 Eyalet of Tunis | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 galleon | 19 armed ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 4 vessels captured | ||||||
This battle took place in December 1615 off La Goulette, Tunisia, and was a victory for a Spanish privateer squadron under Francisco de Rivera over a Tunisian fleet.[1]
Ships involved
[edit]Spain (Rivera)
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- San Juan Bautista 36
Tunis
- 19 armed ships - 4 vessels of 18-20 guns captured - One of the preys sank before reaching port due to battle damage
Notes
[edit]- ^ Salvá, Miguel (1864). Collección de Documentos Inéditos para la Historis de España (PDF). Madrid: Imprenta de la Viuda de Calero. p. 364. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
References
[edit]- Anderson, R. C. (1952). Naval Wars in the Levant 1559–1853. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 1015099422.
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