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  • Battle of Sesimbra Bay
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  • The Battle of Sesimbra Bay was a naval engagement that took place on June 3, 1602, during the Anglo-Spanish War. It was fought off the coast of Portugal (then within the Iberian Union) between an English naval expeditionary force sent out from orders by Queen Elizabeth I to prevent any further Spanish incursions against Ireland or England itself. The English force under Richard Leveson and William Monson met a fleet of Spanish galleys and a large carrack at Sesimbra Bay commanded by Alvaro De Bazan and Frederico Spinola. The English were victorious in battle, sinking two galleys, forced the rest to retreat, immobilized the fort and captured the carrack in what was the last expedition to be sent to Spain by orders of the Queen before her death the following year.
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Strength
  • 1
  • 2
  • 5
  • 11
  • Fort and Various shore defenses
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Partof
  • the Anglo-Spanish War (1585)
Date
  • 1602-06-03
Commander
  • Álvaro de Bazán
  • William Monson
  • Federico Spinola
  • Richard Leveson
Caption
  • Sesimbra Bay as seen today.
Casualties
  • 1
  • 2
  • 12
  • 800
Result
  • English victory
combatant
  • England
  • * Portugal under Philip of Spain
Place
  • Vicinity of Sesimbra Bay, Portugal
Conflict
  • Battle of Sesimbra Bay
abstract
  • The Battle of Sesimbra Bay was a naval engagement that took place on June 3, 1602, during the Anglo-Spanish War. It was fought off the coast of Portugal (then within the Iberian Union) between an English naval expeditionary force sent out from orders by Queen Elizabeth I to prevent any further Spanish incursions against Ireland or England itself. The English force under Richard Leveson and William Monson met a fleet of Spanish galleys and a large carrack at Sesimbra Bay commanded by Alvaro De Bazan and Frederico Spinola. The English were victorious in battle, sinking two galleys, forced the rest to retreat, immobilized the fort and captured the carrack in what was the last expedition to be sent to Spain by orders of the Queen before her death the following year.
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