| Raid on La Goulette (1615) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Spanish–Ottoman wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=KGB&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg){kind=small} Spanish Empire |
&sq=KGB&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Ottoman_Tunisia_(1685).svg){kind=small} Eyalet of Tunis&sq=KGB&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Algiers.jpg){kind=small} Regency of Algiers | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Francisco de Ribera | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3 galleons 1 tartane | 19 armed ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 dead 30 wounded |
4 vessels captured Several vessels damaged | ||||||
The raid on La Goulette of 1615 was a naval attack by Spanish ensign Francisco de Ribera on La Goulette, the main port of Ottoman Tunisia. After chasing Barbary pirates from Sicily to La Goulette, Ribera entered their harbor and captured several ships before escaping.[1]
- ^ 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.
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