Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar (1591)

Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar (1591)
	Part of the Anglo–Spanish War
	; A Spanish galley in action
Date	April 24th 1591
Location	Off Straits of Gibraltar, Spain
Result	English victory
Belligerents
Spain	England Levant Company;
Commanders and leaders
Giovanni Andrea Doria	Robert Bradshaw; † John Giles
Strength
5 galleys	4 armed merchant vessels
Casualties and losses
5 galleys severely damaged; 200 killed or drowned	1 ship sunk; 1 ship damaged; Approximately 44 killed & 10 wounded

The Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar was a naval action off Gibraltar on 24th of April, 1591. A fleet of three English merchant vessels escorted by a larger armed merchant vessel Centurion was attacked by five Spanish galleys. Ultimately, the Spanish were repelled, but not before the English vessel Dolphin was sunk by one of the galleys.

^ Collier, John Payne (1866) A bibliographical and critical account of the rarest books in the English language. D. G. Francis, pp. 143-144
^ Kerr, Robert A general history of voyages and travels to the end of the 18th century, Volume 7 pg 143-144
^ Corbett pg. 364 Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power, Volume 2
^ ^a ^b Epstein p. 36

[col-1] Collier, John Payne (1866) A bibliographical and critical account of the rarest books in the English language. D. G. Francis, pp. 143-144

[2] Kerr, Robert A general history of voyages and travels to the end of the 18th century, Volume 7 pg 143-144

[autogenerated-3] Corbett pg. 364 Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power, Volume 2

[Epstein_p._36-4] Epstein p. 36

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