| Battle of the Barbary Coast | |||||||
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| Part of the Anglo–Spanish War | |||||||
 Map of Barbary Coast in 1590 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 England |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Thomas White | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 Merchant galleon[4] |
1 galleon 1 Flyboat[5] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 15 killed or wounded[3] |
1 Galleon captured 1 Flyboat captured 213 killed, wounded or captured[6] | ||||||
The Battle of the Barbary Coast was a minor naval engagement that took place off in the Barbary Coast not far from the Gibraltar Strait, on July 26, 1592 during the Anglo-Spanish War.[1] The hard fought action by an English merchant galleon in the Amity of London captained by Thomas White resulted in the capture of two Spanish ships which included a galleon despite them being outnumbered four to one.[2] The prizes were heavily laden with quicksilver and a large amount of very important Papal bulls bound for the West Indies.[7][8]
- ^ a b Childs p. 64 (2014)
- ^ a b Andrews p 100
- ^ a b Clowes p 501
- ^ Richard Hakluyt (1927). The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. p. 55.
- ^ Harrison pp 166-67
- ^ Statham pp 28 - 32
- ^ Sharrock, Roger (1970). The Pelican book of English prose, Volume 1. Penguin Books. p. 147. ISBN 9780140210682.
- ^ Childs p 193 (2009)