| Raid on La Goulette (1617) | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Habsburg wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spanish Empire |  Eyalet of Tunis | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ottavio d'Aragona | Yusuf Dey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 galleon 3 naos 1 patache 6 galleys | 10 ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Minor | All vessels destroyed | ||||||
The raid on La Goulette of 1617 was a naval attack by Sicilian-Spanish captain Ottavio d'Aragona on La Goulette, the port of Ottoman Tunisia, where he destroyed the fleet in port in response to acts of local Barbary pirates.
In October 1617, in spite of continuous anti-piratic activities by the Spanish navy, Viceroy of Naples, Pedro Téllez-Girón, Duke of Osuna learned about new Ottoman and Barbary pirates, leading him to order a raid against the nearby state of the Ottoman Tunis, an usual center of Muslim piracy. The attack fell on Ottavio d'Aragona, a veteran in Osuna's service who had already carried on a raid on Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Osuna ordered him to "burn and put to the sword all kinds of privateers he found" (abrasar y pasar a cuchillo todo género de corsarios que hallasen). [1] Ottavio received command of six galleys, among them the flagship of Naples, La Negra, along with one galleon, one patache and three naos. [1]
As in previous Spanish attacks to La Goulette, d'Aragona entered with his fleet the lake of Tunis through the channel of La Goulette, where he found the local armada in port, at the time composed by ten sailing ships. He attacked and burn the ships, one of them captained by Yusuf Dey, commander of Tunis, who promptly escaped the ship and took refuge in the fortress of La Goulette. d'Aragona sacked little as the fire destroyed most of the ships' goods, but he took a small amount of it and some gold sequins. [1]
Eleven days after leaving Tunis, d'Aragona's fleet found a fleet of twelve Ottoman galleys heading there. He attacked them and captured seven, among them the flagship, captained by the former Pasha of Saloni, while the other three escaped. The Duke of Osuna had the Pasha treated as a guest, allowing him to return to Constantinople with fifteen slaves in order to collect his ransom, while leaving his teenage son as a hostage. The ransom included various gifts, among them teacups with the supposed ability of breaking when a poisoned beverage was poured on them. [2]
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