Battle of Palermo

Solebay - First Schooneveld - Second Schooneveld - Texel - Bonn - Maastricht - Sinsheim - Seneffe - Enzheim - Türk Home - Sasbach - concerts Bridge - Stromboli - Augusta - Palermo - Phillipsburg - Maastricht - Valenciennes - Tobago - Cassel - Freiburg - Ypres - Rheinfelden - Saint -Denis

In the battle against Palermo during the Dutch war attacked on June 2, 1676, a fleet of the Kingdom of France a common fleet of Spain and the United Provinces of the Netherlands in the Mediterranean off the coast of Sicily in the port of Palermo.

The Battle

After the Battle of Augusta, the Spanish fleet was reinforced by Dutch ships, a total of 27 units (17 Dutch, 10 Spaniards ), the port and carried out repair work. The French fleet under Abraham Duquesne with 29 ships attacked by surprise. The Spanish- Dutch fleet was shelled by ships of the line, and drawn by six fire-ships affected - they suffered heavy damage. She lost 10 ships and about 2,100 crew members, including five admirals, died. The French, however, lost only five of their six fire ships and about 200 men.

Follow

With the victory, the French could win with low losses to their own naval supremacy in the Mediterranean for the next two years.