The Battle of the Gulf of Almería, also known as the Battle of Almería Bay or the Battle of Cape of Palos, was a naval Spanish victory that took place in late August, 1591, off Almería, near the Cape Palos, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604).[1][2] The battle occurred when the Spanish fleet of the Adelantado of Castile, Don Martín de Padilla y Manrique, Count of Santa Gadea (in their return from the Republic of Venice to Spain with a valuable goods), sighted an Anglo-Dutch fleet in the waters of Almería, on the southern coast of Spain.[1][2] The Spanish fleet, led by Martín de Padilla, attacked with such fury the Anglo-Dutch fleet who managed to undo their training, achieved a great success.[3] About 20 Dutch ships and 3 English ships were captured by the Spaniards, and some ships of the rest of the Anglo-Dutch fleet were seriously damaged.[3] On the other hand, the Spanish losses were minimal.[3]
After the battle, the Spanish fleet victorious, entered the port of Almeria with the captured ships.[2]
See also
- Cape Palos
- Siege of Deventer (1591)
- Battle of Flores (1591)
- Siege of Rouen (1591)
- Battle of the Bay of Biscay (1592)
- Battle of the Gulf of Cadiz
Notes
References
- Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Vol. III. Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval. Madrid. (in Spanish)
- VV.AA. Enciclopedia General del Mar. Garriga. (1957).
- Rodríguez González, Agustín Ramón. Victorias por Mar de los Españoles. Grafite Ediciones (2006). ISBN 978-84-96281-38-7 (in Spanish)
- MacCaffrey, Wallace T. (1994). Elizabeth I: War and Politics, 1588-1603. Princeton. Princeton University Press. USA. ISBN 978-0-691-03651-9
External links
- Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Vol. III. Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval. Madrid. (in Spanish)
- Biografía de Don Martín Manrique de Lara y Padilla, Adelantado Mayor de Castilla[permanent dead link] (in Spanish)