Regarding the naval battles and Spanish strongholds
Spanish possessions in Africa Norte... in this category are those of Spanish territory or sovereignty strongholds include:
A) Possessions.
Cazaza (1505-1532).
Mazalquivir (1505-1708, 1732-1792).
Orán (1509-1708, 1732-1791).
Algiers (1510-1530).
Bejaia (1510-1555).
Peñón of Algiers (1510-1529).
Gerba (1521-1524) and (1551-1560).
Honaine (1531-1535).
Bizerte (1535-1573).
La Goleta (1535-1574).
Tunisia (1535-1574).
Monastir (1541-1550).
Susa (1541-1550).
Mahdia (1550-1553).
Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña (1510-1644).
Tripoli (1510-1523; ceded to the Order of Malta, lost definitively in 1551).
Mamora (1614-1681).
Larache (1610-1689) and (1912-1956).
Tetuán (1860-1862) and (1912-1956).
B) Spanish sovereignty strongholds.
Melilla (since 1497).
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1508-1522 and since 1564).
Alhucemas Islands (since 1559).
Ceuta (1415-1668 Portuguese;1580-1668 Iberian Union) since 1580 is Spanish.
-Following Lepanto, was fought against the Ottomans at least two major naval battles:
The first was to Battle of Cape Corvo in August 1613, near the island of Samos... When a Spanish squadron from Sicily, under Admiral Ottavio d'Aragona, engaged an Ottoman fleet led by Sinari Pasha.
The Spanish Were victorious and captured seven galleys and About 600 Prisoners, Among them the Bey of Alexandria and another 60 Important Ottoman nobles.
Corvo Cape was the first major victory of the Spanish fleets under Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna, the Spanish Viceroy of Sicily, as well as the greatest Spanish victory over the Ottoman Empire since the Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Cape Celidonia
In 1616 a Spanish fleet under the command of Captain Don Francisco de Rivera and Medina sailed from the Spanish Kingdom of Sicily to the Eastern Mediterranean waters in order to Undertake Against Ottoman privateering vessels and ports in the area between Cyprus and the region of Çukurova.
It was composed by five galleons and one patache.(1)
These ships were 52-gun Concepción, the galleon Concepción with 52 cannons and flagship of Rivera; Almiranta with 34 guns and commanded by Lieutenant Serrano; 27-gun Buenaventura, under Don Iñigo de Urquiza; Carretina 34 guns, commanded by Balmaseda; 30-gun San Juan Bautista, led by Juan Cereceda; and 14-gun patache low Gazarra Santiago. Aboard the ships were about 1,600 Spanish soldiers, of which 1,000 were musketeers.
They faced 14 to 16 July 1616 nearby Cape Celidonia on the southern coast of Anatolia to Ottoman fleet of 55 galleys, the fact is that the Turks, five pieces per boat, gathered no less than 275 guns against the 95 of each band of Spaniards, and as for men, no less than 12,000 to less than 2,000 Spaniards. The Turkish victory seemed beyond doubt.
The Ottoman fleet was completely defeated by the Spanish... suffering heavy losses, with 10 galleys sunk and another 23 disabled. 1,200 Janissaries and 2,000 sailors and rowers were killed.
The Spanish fleet only suffered 34 dead and 93 wounded, as well as damage to the rig of the Concepción and the Santiago, which had to be towed by other vessels.
The Spanish naval defeats and victories of English, Dutch and French are apparently well known and help the myth that any enemy or an alliance of enemies of Spain: European, Ottoman or African... would be sufficient that they would proposed thereto and manage to defeat Spain.
Regarding the naval battles in the wars against their European rivals, just give some examples to demystify the perception of some people about the one-sidedness of the fighting against the Spaniards.
1) The battle called of Muros or Finisterre between French and Spanish occurred on July 25,1543. The French raiding squad was composed of 24 ships under the command of Jean de Glamorgan.
The Spanish fleet of 16 ships commanded by Don Alvaro de Bazan, father of the homonymous and most famous Marquis of Santa Cruz who also would defeat another French fleet in the Azores, healthy later ..
With the result of being imprisoned not less than 23 French ships, escaping only one, although other ratios lower the figure to 16 vessels without losing a single ship Spaniards meanwhile. French casualties were over three thousand dead and similar number of prisoners per 300 deaths and over 500 injuries among Spaniards.
2) The Battle of Cape Palos or Almeria happened in the summer of 1591 when the Spanish fleet in advance, Don Martín de Padilla (once back from his trip to the Republic of Venice to Spain surprised to an Anglo-Dutch fleet Almería waters. Resulting in a complete victory for Spain.
Finally to mention the Spanish victories in two naval battles: Bayonne bay 1590 and the Battle of the Bay of Biscay in 1592.
The main sources used to extract,verify and translated the data are:
A)''La Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón” (The Spanish Armada from the union of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon) a classic work by Navy Captain Don Cesàreo Fernàndez Duro.
B) Victorias por Mar de los Españoles (Mar victories of the Spaniards) by Agustin Ramon Rodriguez Gonzalez a professor and academic of the R.A. of History.
Edit. Footnote.
1) A patache is a coasting vessel, typical of Northern Spain.
Spanish possessions in Africa Norte... in this category are those of Spanish territory or sovereignty strongholds include:
A) Possessions.
Cazaza (1505-1532).
Mazalquivir (1505-1708, 1732-1792).
Orán (1509-1708, 1732-1791).
Algiers (1510-1530).
Bejaia (1510-1555).
Peñón of Algiers (1510-1529).
Gerba (1521-1524) and (1551-1560).
Honaine (1531-1535).
Bizerte (1535-1573).
La Goleta (1535-1574).
Tunisia (1535-1574).
Monastir (1541-1550).
Susa (1541-1550).
Mahdia (1550-1553).
Santa Cruz de Mar Pequeña (1510-1644).
Tripoli (1510-1523; ceded to the Order of Malta, lost definitively in 1551).
Mamora (1614-1681).
Larache (1610-1689) and (1912-1956).
Tetuán (1860-1862) and (1912-1956).
B) Spanish sovereignty strongholds.
Melilla (since 1497).
Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1508-1522 and since 1564).
Alhucemas Islands (since 1559).
Ceuta (1415-1668 Portuguese;1580-1668 Iberian Union) since 1580 is Spanish.
-Following Lepanto, was fought against the Ottomans at least two major naval battles:
The first was to Battle of Cape Corvo in August 1613, near the island of Samos... When a Spanish squadron from Sicily, under Admiral Ottavio d'Aragona, engaged an Ottoman fleet led by Sinari Pasha.
The Spanish Were victorious and captured seven galleys and About 600 Prisoners, Among them the Bey of Alexandria and another 60 Important Ottoman nobles.
Corvo Cape was the first major victory of the Spanish fleets under Pedro Téllez-Girón, 3rd Duke of Osuna, the Spanish Viceroy of Sicily, as well as the greatest Spanish victory over the Ottoman Empire since the Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Cape Celidonia
In 1616 a Spanish fleet under the command of Captain Don Francisco de Rivera and Medina sailed from the Spanish Kingdom of Sicily to the Eastern Mediterranean waters in order to Undertake Against Ottoman privateering vessels and ports in the area between Cyprus and the region of Çukurova.
It was composed by five galleons and one patache.(1)
These ships were 52-gun Concepción, the galleon Concepción with 52 cannons and flagship of Rivera; Almiranta with 34 guns and commanded by Lieutenant Serrano; 27-gun Buenaventura, under Don Iñigo de Urquiza; Carretina 34 guns, commanded by Balmaseda; 30-gun San Juan Bautista, led by Juan Cereceda; and 14-gun patache low Gazarra Santiago. Aboard the ships were about 1,600 Spanish soldiers, of which 1,000 were musketeers.
They faced 14 to 16 July 1616 nearby Cape Celidonia on the southern coast of Anatolia to Ottoman fleet of 55 galleys, the fact is that the Turks, five pieces per boat, gathered no less than 275 guns against the 95 of each band of Spaniards, and as for men, no less than 12,000 to less than 2,000 Spaniards. The Turkish victory seemed beyond doubt.
The Ottoman fleet was completely defeated by the Spanish... suffering heavy losses, with 10 galleys sunk and another 23 disabled. 1,200 Janissaries and 2,000 sailors and rowers were killed.
The Spanish fleet only suffered 34 dead and 93 wounded, as well as damage to the rig of the Concepción and the Santiago, which had to be towed by other vessels.
The Spanish naval defeats and victories of English, Dutch and French are apparently well known and help the myth that any enemy or an alliance of enemies of Spain: European, Ottoman or African... would be sufficient that they would proposed thereto and manage to defeat Spain.
Regarding the naval battles in the wars against their European rivals, just give some examples to demystify the perception of some people about the one-sidedness of the fighting against the Spaniards.
1) The battle called of Muros or Finisterre between French and Spanish occurred on July 25,1543. The French raiding squad was composed of 24 ships under the command of Jean de Glamorgan.
The Spanish fleet of 16 ships commanded by Don Alvaro de Bazan, father of the homonymous and most famous Marquis of Santa Cruz who also would defeat another French fleet in the Azores, healthy later ..
With the result of being imprisoned not less than 23 French ships, escaping only one, although other ratios lower the figure to 16 vessels without losing a single ship Spaniards meanwhile. French casualties were over three thousand dead and similar number of prisoners per 300 deaths and over 500 injuries among Spaniards.
2) The Battle of Cape Palos or Almeria happened in the summer of 1591 when the Spanish fleet in advance, Don Martín de Padilla (once back from his trip to the Republic of Venice to Spain surprised to an Anglo-Dutch fleet Almería waters. Resulting in a complete victory for Spain.
Finally to mention the Spanish victories in two naval battles: Bayonne bay 1590 and the Battle of the Bay of Biscay in 1592.
The main sources used to extract,verify and translated the data are:
A)''La Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón” (The Spanish Armada from the union of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon) a classic work by Navy Captain Don Cesàreo Fernàndez Duro.
B) Victorias por Mar de los Españoles (Mar victories of the Spaniards) by Agustin Ramon Rodriguez Gonzalez a professor and academic of the R.A. of History.
Edit. Footnote.
1) A patache is a coasting vessel, typical of Northern Spain.
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