What the records say
- When
- 23 Nov 1650
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.05° N, 1.07° E
- Description
- 1650 naval battle between Spain and France
- Naval
- yes
Action of 23 November 1650
1650 naval battle between Spain and France
The action of 23 November 1650 was a minor naval battle between Spain and France, in which a small Spanish squadron of 6 galleys commanded by Don Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, Duke of Alburquerque, captured the entirety of a French squadron of galleons under the Baron de Ligny, near Cambrils, during the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659).
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