Battle of Palermo

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Battle of Palermo
Part of the Franco-Dutch War
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, about 150 killed; Spanish: 4 ships, about 500 killed	about 50 killed

v • d • e Franco-Dutch and Third Anglo-Dutch War Solebay – Groenlo - Groningen - Schooneveld – Texel – Bonn - Maastricht – Seneffe – Turckheim - Fehrbellin - Salzbach - Konzer Brücke - Stromboli - Augusta - Palermo - Valenciennes - Tobago - 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 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.

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

[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

http://www.marine.nl/historie/marinemuseum/Webspecials/Heldendaden/1675-1678/Palermo/ (In Dutch)