Battle of Palermo

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Battle of Palermo

Date	June 2, 1676
Location	Near Palermo
Result	French victory

Belligerents

United Provinces ,

Spain

France

Commanders

Don Diego de Ibarra

Comte de Vivonne

Strength

17 Dutch + 10 Spanish ships of the line

28 ships of the line

Casualties and losses

Dutch:3 ships ca 150 killed , Spanish:4 ships ca 500 killed

ca 50 killed

v • d • e Franco-Dutch and Third Anglo-Dutch War

Solebay – Schooneveld – Texel – Maastricht – Seneffe – Turckheim - Konzer Brücke - Stromboli - Agosta - Palermo - Utrecht – Groningen - Cassel - Saint-Denis

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 due to the fact that the Dutch and Spanish ships were at bay making repairs from earlier a battle, the French fleet destroyed 4 Spanish and 3 Dutch Ships with fireships. This battle secured the supremacy of the French fleet for about 2 years when the French retreated when a Dutch fleet arrived.

1 Order of battle
- 1.1 France (Abraham Duquesne)
- 1.2 Netherlands/Spain
2 References

[edit] Order of battle

[edit] France (Abraham Duquesne)

9 Warships
7 Galleys
5 Fire ships

[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 (Lt-Admiral Jan de Haan, 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 *