Battle off Cape Gata

Battle off Cape Gata
	Part of Second Barbary War
	; The Algerian Meshuda surrounded by an American fleet off Cape Gata
Date	June 17, 1815
Location	off Cape Gata (Spain), Mediterranean Sea
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Stephen Decatur, Jr.	Raïs Hamidou †
Strength
3 frigates; 2 sloops; 2 brigantines; 2 schooners	1 frigate
Casualties and losses
10 killed; 30 wounded	30 killed; Many wounded; 406 captured; 1 frigate captured

The Battle off Cape Gata, which took place June 17, 1815, off the south-east coast of Spain, was the first battle of the Second Barbary War. A squadron of vessels, under the command of Stephen Decatur, Jr., met and engaged the flagship of the Algerine Navy, the frigate Meshuda under Admiral Hamidou. After a sharp action, Decatur's squadron was able to capture the Algerine frigate and win a decisive victory over the Algerines.

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