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  • Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar (1590)
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Strength
  • 10
  • 12
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Partof
  • the Anglo–Spanish War
Date
  • 1590-04-24
Commander
  • Benedict Barnham
  • Pedro de Acuña
Name
  • Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar
Casualties
  • Light
  • Heavy casualties
  • Many galleys severely damaged,
Result
  • English success *Safe passage of the Company ships *English sources claim that the English ships repelled the Spanish galleys, which Spanish sources deny, pointing the rough sea as the cause of the galley's failure to board the English ships
combatant
  • England *Levant Company
Place
  • Off Straits of Gibraltar, Spain