Bombardment of Algiers (1784)

2nd Bombardment of Algiers
	Part of the Spanish-Algerian war (1775–1785)
	; Algiers' harbour. Engraving from 1690.
Date	12 July 1784
Location	Algiers, Regency of Algiers
Result	Algerian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Spain; Kingdom of Sicily Order of Malta; ; Kingdom of Naples; Kingdom of Portugal;	Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Antonio Barceló; Jose de Mazarredo	Muhammad V; Ali Agha
Strength
9 ships of the line ; 11 frigates ; 14 xebecs ; 90 smaller warships	4,000 volunteers ; 70 galiots and gunboats
Casualties and losses
1 felucca sunk ; 1 gunboat destroyed ; 53 killed ; 64 wounded	most of the vessels in the harbour sunk

The 2nd Bombardment of Algiers took place between 12 and 21 July 1784. A joint Spanish-Neapolitan-Maltese-Portuguese fleet commanded by the Spanish Admiral Antonio Barceló bombarded the city, which was the main base of the Barbary corsairs, with the aim of forcing them to interrupt their activities. The second bombardment followed a similarly failed expedition the preceding year.

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