Action of 29 June 1609
Kingdom of France
Beaulieu
3 vessels
3 vessels
1 galley
2 sailing ships captured
1 galley burnt.
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(1605–1792)
- Hammamet
- 1st La Goulette
- 2nd La Goulette
- 1st Mamora
- 3rd La Goulette
- San Pietro
- 1st Larache
- 2nd Mamora [fr]
- Calpe
- 1st Oran and 1st Mers el-Kébir [fr]
- 3rd Mamora
- 2nd Larache
- 1st Melilla
- 1st Ceuta
- Peñon de Velez [fr]
- 2nd Oran
- 3rd Oran and 2nd Mers-el-Kébir
- 2nd Ceuta
- Cartagena
- Cape St. Vincent
- Benidorm
- Cala Figuera
- Palamós
- Cape Palos
- 2nd Melilla
- Spanish-Algerian War
- 1st Algiers
- 2nd Algiers
- 3rd Algiers
- 3rd Ceuta
- Tangier
- 4th Oran
The Action of 29 June 1609 was an attack on Tunisian ships on 29 June 1609 by a combined fleet of 8 Spanish galleons and 3 smaller vessels, under Admiral Don Luis Fajardo, and a French squadron of 3 vessels, under Beaulieu. The raid was made at the Halq al-Wadi, northern Tunisia.[1]
Ships involved
Allies
Spain (Fajardo)
San Francisco
Santa María Magdalena
Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
San Fulgencio
Nuestra Señora del Rosario
San Augustín
Nuestra Señora de Regla
Santa Margarita
Santa Ana (frigate)
Nuestra Señora de Buen Viaje (caravel)
San Juan Bautista ("canoa")
France (Beaulieu)
Lune/Maan 50
2 small
Tunisia
Some of the Tunisian ships names were given as Madaleyne 24, Perle (French), Comte Maurice 50, Faulcon (Portuguese), as well as 1 700-ton ship and 1 500-ton ship of 31 guns. The 16 real fighting ships and the galley had 435 guns total.
Casualties
Under cover of heavy fire the boats were sent in. They overcame the small parties of shipkeepers and fired one ship after another. Of 23 Tunisian sailing ships, 21 were burnt and 2 captured while one Algerian galley was also burnt.
References
- ^ Jónsson, Már (July 2007). "The expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain in 1609–1614: the destruction of an Islamic periphery". Journal of Global History. 2 (2): 195–212. doi:10.1017/S1740022807002252.
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