Battle of Genoa | |||||||
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Part of Franco-Spanish War (1635–59) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
François de Vignerot | Rodrigo Gutierez de Velasco | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
15 galleys |
15 galleys 3,000 ship infantry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 ships c. 2,000 killed |
6 ships c. 4,000 killed |
The battle of Genoa was a naval battle between galley fleets of France and Spain off Genoa (present-day Italy).
Sources
edit- Bamford, Paul W. (1974) Fighting ships and prisons: the Mediterranean Galleys of France in the Age of Louis XIV. Cambridge University Press, London. ISBN 0-8166-0655-2