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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 Almería (, , ) is a city and municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of Almería, province of the same name. It lies in southeastern Iberian Peninsula, Iberia on the Mediterranean S ...
, near the Cape Palos, during the
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and the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604).Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898)"/> 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
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with a valuable goods), sighted an Anglo-Dutch fleet in the waters of Almería, on the southern coast of Spain.Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898)"/> 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. 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. On the other hand, the Spanish losses were minimal. After the battle, the Spanish fleet victorious, entered the port of Almeria with the captured ships.


See also

* Cape Palos *
Siege of Deventer (1591) The siege of Deventer was a siege of the city of Deventer from 1 to 10 June 1591 during the Eighty Years' War by Dutch Republic, Dutch and English people, English troops under Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Maurice of Nassau in an attemp ...
* Battle of Flores (1591) *
Siege of Rouen (1591) Siege of Rouen may refer to: *Siege of Rouen (1143-44), the siege and capture of the town by Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou *Siege of Rouen (1204), the siege and capture of the town and castle by the French during the French annexation of N ...
* 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. * VV.AA. ''Enciclopedia General del Mar''. Garriga. (1957). * Rodríguez González, Agustín Ramón. ''Victorias por Mar de los Españoles''. Grafite Ediciones (2006). * MacCaffrey, Wallace T. (1994). ''Elizabeth I: War and Politics, 1588-1603''. Princeton. Princeton University Press. USA.


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.
Biografía de Don Martín Manrique de Lara y Padilla, Adelantado Mayor de Castilla
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