Battle of the Barbary Coast

Battle of the Barbary Coast
Part of the Anglo–Spanish War

Map of Barbary Coast in 1590
Date26 July 1592
Location
Result English victory[2][3]
Belligerents
England England  Spain
Commanders and leaders
Thomas White Unknown
Strength
1 Merchant galleon[4] 1 galleon
1 Flyboat[5]
Casualties and losses
15 killed or wounded[3] 1 Galleon captured
1 Flyboat captured
213 killed, wounded or captured[6]

The Battle of the Barbary Coast was a minor naval engagement that took place off in the Barbary Coast not far from the Gibraltar Strait, on July 26, 1592 during the Anglo-Spanish War.[1] The hard fought action by an English merchant galleon in the Amity of London captained by Thomas White resulted in the capture of two Spanish ships which included a galleon despite them being outnumbered four to one.[2] The prizes were heavily laden with quicksilver and a large amount of very important Papal bulls bound for the West Indies.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b Childs p. 64 (2014)
  2. ^ a b Andrews p 100
  3. ^ a b Clowes p 501
  4. ^ Richard Hakluyt (1927). The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. p. 55.
  5. ^ Harrison pp 166-67
  6. ^ Statham pp 28 - 32
  7. ^ Sharrock, Roger (1970). The Pelican book of English prose, Volume 1. Penguin Books. p. 147. ISBN 9780140210682.
  8. ^ Childs p 193 (2009)