Battle of the Gulf of Tunis
| Battle of the Gulf of Tunis | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Habsburg wars | |||||||
Spanish galleys against Dutch galleons. Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, 1602. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Spanish Empire Order of St. John | Eyalet of Tunis | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Álvaro de Bazán y Benavides Nicolo della Marra | Ali Arraez Rabazin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 14 galleys | 3 galleons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Minor |
All vessels captured 212 prisoners Many dead | ||||||
Central Europe–Balkans
Mediterranean
East Indies |
Spanish-Barbary Wars (1604–1792) | |
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The Battle of the Gulf of Tunis was a naval battle between a Spanish and Maltese galley fleet, commanded by Álvaro de Bazán y Benavides, Marquis of Santa Cruz, and a Barbary corsair flotilla captained by Ali Arraez Rabazin.
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