The naval Battle of Palermo took place on 2 June 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War, between a French force led by Abraham Duquesne and a Spanish force supported by a Dutch maritime expedition force. Largely because the Dutch and Spanish ships were at bay making repairs from earlier a battle, the French fleet destroyed four Spanish and three Dutch ships with fireships. This battle secured the supremacy of the French fleet for the remainder of the war.
[edit] Order of battle
[edit] France (Abraham Duquesne)
- Nine warships
- Seven galleys
- Five fireships
[edit] Netherlands/Spain
- Vrijheid 50 (Adam van Brederode) - Sunk
- Stad en Lande 54 (Joris Andringa)
- Spiegel 70 (Gillis Schey)
- Provincie van Utrecht 60 (Jan de Jong)
- Steenbergen 68 (SbN Pieter van Middelandt) - Sunk
- Kraanvogel 46 (Jacob Willemszoon Broeder)
- Zuiderhuis 46 (Pieter de Sitter)
- Gouda 76 (Vice-Admiral Jan den Haen, killed)
- Leeuwen 50 (Frans Willem, Graaf van Stierum)
- Damiaten 34 (Isaac van Uitterwijk)
- Edam 34 (Cornelis van der Zaan)
- Groenwijf 36 (Juriaan Baak)
- Eendracht 76 (Vice-Admiral Gerard Callenburgh)
- Oosterwijk 60 (Jacob Teding van Berkhout)
- Harderwijk 46 (Mattheus Megang)
- Leiden 36 (Jan van Abkoude) - Sunk
- Wakende Boei 46 (Cornelis Tijloos)
10 or 12 Spanish ships:
Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Capitana Real) 64/74 (1000-1100 crew) Almirante Don Diego de Ibarra (killed) - blown up
Santiago (Nueva Real) 80
San Antonio de Napoles 44/46 (500 crew) - burnt
San Felipe 40/44 - burnt
San Carlo/Salvator delle Fiandre/San Salvador (Almiranta de Flandres) 40/42/48 (350 crew) - burnt
San Joaquin/San Juan 80
San Gabriel 40
Santa Ana 54/60 - probably burnt and salvaged
Nuestra Señora del Rosario 50
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe *
Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Las Animas *
Ships marked * are probable
19 Spanish galleys:
San Jose (Almirante Juan de Villaroel, killed) burnt
San Salvador burnt
[edit] References
United Provinces
Spain
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