Action of 29 June 1609

Action of 29 June, 1609
Date	June 29, 1609
Location	Goletta, northern Tunisia36.818°N 10.305°E
Result	Spanish/French victory
Belligerents
Spain ; French	Tunisia
Commanders and leaders
Spain: Luis Fajardo de Córdoba ; France: Beaulieu	?
Units involved
8 galleons, 3 vessels for Spanish army ; 3 vessels for French army	23 sailing ships and 1 galley.
Casualties and losses
?	Sailing Ships: 21 burnt, 2 captured ; Galley: 1 burnt.

Action of 29 June, 1609 was an attack on Tunisian ships on 29 June 1609 by a combined fleet of 8 Spanish galleons and 3 smaller vessels, under Don Luis Fajardo de Córdoba, and a French squadron of 3 vessels, under Beaulieu. The raid was made at the Goletta, northern Tunisia.

Ships involved

Allies

Spain (Fajardo)
San Francisco
Santa María Magdalena
Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
San Fulgencio
Nuestra Señora del Rosario
San Augustín
Nuestra Señora de Regla
Santa Margarita
Santa Ana (frigate)
Nuestra Señora de Buen Viaje (caravel)
San Juan Bautista ("canoa")

France (Beaulieu)
Lune/Maan 50
2 small

Tunisia

Some of the Tunisian ships names were given as Madaleyne 24, Perle (French), Comte Maurice 50, Faulcon (Portuguese), as well as 1 700-ton ship and 1 500-ton ship of 31 guns. The 16 real fighting ships and the galley had 435 guns total.

Casualties

Under cover of heavy fire the boats were sent in. They overcame the small parties of shipkeepers and fired 1 ship after another. Of 23 Tunisian sailing ships 21 were burnt and 2 captured while one Algerian galley was also burnt.

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