Draft:Action of 16 April 1755

Action of 16 April 1755
	Part of Spanish-Barbary Wars
Date	16 or 17 April 1755 (14 hours)
Location	Off Benidorm, Spain
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spain	Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
José Plon	Archimussa (POW)
Strength
5 xebecs	3 xebecs; 60 cannons
Casualties and losses
5 killed; 50 wounded	3 xebecs sunk; All captured

Draft article not currently submitted for review.

This is a draft Articles for creation (AfC) submission. It is not currently pending review. While there are no deadlines, abandoned drafts may be deleted after six months. To edit the draft click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.

To be accepted, a draft should:

Show the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article by using multiple sources that meet four criteria. The sources should be (1) reliable (2) secondary (3) independent of the subject (4) talk about the subject in some depth. For some topics, there are alternative criteria.
Be written from a neutral point of view
Respect copyright and do not plagiarize. Do not copy-paste.

It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, your business or employer. If you do so, you must declare it.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Last edited by RobertJohnson35 (talk | contribs) 5 days ago. (Update)

Submit the draft for review!

The Action of 16 April 1755 or Battle of Benidorm was fought off Benidorm, between a Spanish fleet of 5 xebecs and an Algerian fleet of 3 xebecs with 24, 22 and 14 cannons.^[3]

Background

Battle

Aftermath

Notes

^ Aventurero, Ibicenco, Catalán, Garzota and Gavilán^[4]
^ 321 Turks and 162 Moors enslaved; 1 Christian, 11 Dutch, 1 Malagan, 1 Roman and 1 Piedmontese slaves freed^[5]

References

^ Pío Aladrén & Moreno 1979, p. 419.
^ ^a ^b Arribas y Seria 1792, p. 298.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d de La Croix 1779, p. 53.
^ Martínez 2013, p. 160.
^ Gozalo 2006, p. 61.

Bibliography

de La Croix, Abbé Nicolle (1779). Geografia moderna (in Spanish). J. Ibarra.
Arribas y Seria, Juan (1792). Enciclopedia Metódica, Geografía Moderna (in Spanish). imp. Sancha.
Pío Aladrén, Pilar Sam; Moreno, Carmen Zamarrón (1979). Catálogo de la colección de documentos de Vargas Ponce que possee el Museo Naval: Serie primera, numeración romane (in Spanish). Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. ISBN 978-84-500-3648-0.
Martínez, Manuel Martínez (July 2013). Los forzados de marina en la España del siglo XVIII (1700-1775) (in Spanish). Universidad Almería. ISBN 978-84-15487-83-8.
Gozalo, Maximiliano Barrio (2006). Esclavos y cautivos: Conflicto entre la cristiandad y el islam en el siglo XVIII (in Spanish). Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Cultura y Turismo. ISBN 978-84-9718-383-3.

[5] Aventurero, Ibicenco, Catalán, Garzota and Gavilán^[4]

[7] 321 Turks and 162 Moors enslaved; 1 Christian, 11 Dutch, 1 Malagan, 1 Roman and 1 Piedmontese slaves freed^[5]

[FOOTNOTEPío_AladrénMoreno1979419-1] Pío Aladrén & Moreno 1979, p. 419.

[FOOTNOTEArribas_y_Seria1792298-2] Arribas y Seria 1792, p. 298.

[FOOTNOTEde_La_Croix177953-3] La Croix 1779, p. 53.

[FOOTNOTEMartínez2013160-4] Martínez 2013, p. 160.

[FOOTNOTEGozalo200661-6] Gozalo 2006, p. 61.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[note 1]

[note 2]

[4]

[5]