Battle off Cape Gata

Cuándo

17 jun 1815

Tipo

Batalla

Coordenadas

36.72° N, 2.19° W

Description

1815 naval battle

Naval

sí

1815 naval battle between Algiers and the United States in the Mediterranean Sea

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 U.S. vessels, under the command of Stephen Decatur Jr., met and engaged the flagship of the Algerine Navy, the frigate Meshuda under Admiral Hamidou.

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