2nd Bombardment of Algiers | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish-Algerian war (1775–1785) | |||||||
![]() Algiers' harbour. Engraving from 1690. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
9 ships of the line 11 frigates 14 xebecs 90 smaller warships[3] |
4,000 volunteers 70 galiots and gunboats[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 felucca sunk 1 gunboat destroyed 53 killed 64 wounded[4] | Most of the vessels in the harbour sunk |
The 2nd Bombardment of Algiers took place between 12 and 21 July 1784. A joint Spanish-Neapolitan-Maltese-Portuguese fleet commanded by the Spanish Admiral Antonio Barceló bombarded the city, which was the main base of the Barbary corsairs, with the aim of forcing them to interrupt their activities.[5] The second bombardment followed a similarly failed expedition the preceding year.[6]
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