Battle of Cape Celidonia
The Battle of Cape Celidonia took place on 14 July 1616 during the Ottoman-Habsburg struggle for the control of the Mediterranean when a small Spanish fleet under the command of Francisco de Rivera y Medina cruising off Cyprus was attacked by an Ottoman fleet that vastly outnumbered it. Despite this, the Spanish ships, mostly galleons, managed to repel the Ottomans, whose fleet consisted mainly of galleys, inflicting heavy losses.
| Battle of Cape Celidonia | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman-Habsburg wars | |||||||
Spanish galleons fighting off Ottoman galleys. Oil on canvas by Juan de la Corte (1597–1660), Naval Museum of Madrid. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Habsburg Spain | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Francisco de Rivera | Bey of Rhodes | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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5 galleons 1 patache 1,600 soldiers |
55 galleys 12,000 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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34 killed 93 wounded |
10 galleys sunk 23 galleys damaged 3,200 killed | ||||||
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