Spanish raid on Ottoman Tunisia
For other raids on La Goulette, see Raid on La Goulette (disambiguation).
| Raid on La Goulette (1617) | |||||||
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| Part of Spanish–Ottoman wars | |||||||
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Map_of_Tunis_and_La_Goulette_in_Tunisia,_1535.jpg) Tunis and La Goulette in 1535. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg){kind=small} Spanish Empire |
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Ottoman_Tunisia_(1685).svg){kind=small} Eyalet of Tunis | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ottavio d'Aragona | Yusuf Dey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1 galleon 3 naos 1 patache 6 galleys | 10 ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Minor | All vessels destroyed | ||||||
Central Europe–Balkans
Mediterranean
East Indies |
The raid on La Goulette of 1617 was a naval attack by Sicilian-Spanish captain Ottavio d'Aragona on La Goulette, the port of Ottoman Tunisia, where he destroyed the fleet in port in response to acts of local Barbary pirates.