| Action of 16 April 1755 | |||||||
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| Part of Spanish-Barbary Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spain |  Regency of Algiers | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| José Flon | Archimussa (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5 xebecs | 3 xebecs 60 cannons | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5 killed 50 wounded [1] | 3 xebecs sunk All killed or captured | ||||||
| 14 European slaves freed | |||||||
The Action of 16 April 1755 was fought off Benidorm, between a Spanish fleet of 5 xebecs and an Algerian fleet of 3 xebecs. The Spaniards were victorious and captured the whole crew.
The names of the five Spanish xebecs were Aventurero, Ibicenco, Catalán, Garzota and Gavilán and were led by the Spanish commander José Flon [2] [3] while the 3 Algerian xebecs had 24, 22 and 14 cannons and were led by Archimussa, an Algerian corsair. [1] [4] The two fleets met off the coast of Benidorm and, after 14 hours of fighting, [1] the Spanish emerged victorious, [5] sinking the three Algerian xebecs. [2] The Spanish disembarked them in the port of Cartagena, where their wounds were treated and would later be recognized. Among the crew were 321 Turks, 162 Moors [6] [7] and 9 privateers who had previously worked for Spain. [2] Among the slaves were 1 Christian, 11 Dutch, 1 Piedmontese and 1 Roman [6] which had recently been captured in a Dutch hulk and were on their way to Algiers. [7] The slaves were freed but the Turks and Moors were enslaved. [2]
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