Action of October 1624

This naval battle took place at the start of October 1624 near Sardinia, and was a victory for a Tuscan/Papal/Neapolitan galley force over 6 Algerine sailing ships.

Whilst patrolling in the Mediterranean Sea in the area west of Italy, a Christian galley force made up of Tuscans, Papal vessels and Neapolitans, encountered near Sardinia 6 Algerine sailing ships. During the battle an Algerine of 50 guns was forced to blow itself up and 4 others were captured. The Neapolitan commander, Pimental, was killed.

Ships involved

Christian

4 Tuscan galleys (Montauto)
3 Papal galleys (Filicaja)
8 Neapolitan galleys (Pimental)

Algiers

1 ship of 50 guns - Blew up
5 other ships - 4 captured

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gollark: About six of them, yes.

gollark: I also did however.

gollark: Also, it uses insults harvested from a conversation with Andrew *months* ago.

gollark: #3 is interesting because it's obviously written by me, due to the use of an external interpreter and such, and also because they all were.

References

Anderson, R. C. (1952). Naval Wars in the Levant 1559–1853. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 1015099422.

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