Action of 29 June 1609

Action of 29 June, 1609
DateJune 29, 1609
LocationGoletta, northern Tunisia
36°49′05″N 10°18′18″E / 36.818°N 10.305°E / 36.818; 10.305Coordinates: 36°49′05″N 10°18′18″E / 36.818°N 10.305°E / 36.818; 10.305
Belligerents
Spain
French
Tunisia
Commanders and leaders
Spain: Fajardo
France: Beaulieu
?
Units involved
8 galleons, 3 vessels for Spanish army
3 vessels for French army
23 sailing ships and 1 galley.
Casualties and losses
? Sailing Ships: 21 burnt, 2 captured
Galley: 1 burnt.

Action of 29 June, 1609 was an attack on Tunisian ships on 29 June 1609 by a combined fleet of 8 Spanish galleons and 3 smaller vessels, under leader Fajardo, and a French squadron of 3 vessels, under Beaulieu. The raid was made at the Goletta, northern Tunisia.

Ships involved

Allies

Spain (Fajardo)
San Francisco
Santa Maria Magdalena
Nuestra Senora de los Remidios
San Fulgencio
Nuestra Senora del Rosario
San Augustin
Nuestra Senora de Regla
Santa Margarita
Santa Ana (frigate)
Nuestra Senora de Buen Viaje (caravel)
San Juan Bautista ("canoa")

France (Beaulieu)
Lune/Maan 50
2 small

Tunisia

Some of the Tunisian ships names were given as Madaleyne 24, Perle (French), Comte Maurice 50, Faulcon (Portuguese), as well as 1 700-ton ship and 1 500-ton ship of 31 guns. The 16 real fighting ships and the galley had 435 guns total.

Casualties

Under cover of heavy fire the boats were sent in. They overcame the small parties of shipkeepers and fired 1 ship after another. Of 23 Tunisian sailing ships 21 were burnt and 2 captured while one Algerian galley was also burnt.

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