Action of 30 September 1681

Battle of Cape St Vincent (1681)

Brandenburg Navy, by Lieve Pietersz Verschuir (1684).
Date30 September 1681
Location
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain Spanish Empire Brandenburg
Commanders and leaders
Marquess of Villafiel Thomas Alders
Strength
12 galleons
3 fireships
6 ships
Casualties and losses
unknown 10 killed,
c. 30 wounded

The action of 30 September 1681 was a 2-hour fight that took place on 30 September 1681 near Cape St Vincent, and was a victory for the Spanish over Brandenburg, which suffered 10 dead and 30 wounded.[1]

  1. ^ Stuhr, Peter Feddersen (1839). Die Geschichte der See- und Colonialmacht des grossen Kurfürsten Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg in der Ostsee, auf der Küste von Guinea und auf den Inseln Arquin und St. Thomas: aus archiv. Quellen dargestellt (in German). Hahn. pp. 21–24.