Battle of the Dalmatian Coast

Battle of the Dalmatian Coast
Part of Spanish–Ottoman wars and Ottoman–Habsburg wars
DateJuly 13, 1624
Location
Off the coast of Dalmatia
Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire
Order of St. John
Republic of Genoa
Ottoman Empire
Eyalet of Tunis
Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Álvaro de Bazán y Benavides Unknown
Strength
35 galleys 13 galleys
Casualties and losses
Unknown 6 galleys sunk
7 galleys captured

The Battle of the Dalmatian Coast of 1624 was a naval battle between a Spanish, Genoese and Maltese fleet captained by Álvaro de Bazán y Benavides, Marquis of Santa Cruz and a Barbary corsair fleet from Tunis and Algiers, originally pursued by him before the previous Battle of the Gulf of Tunis. It resulted in a Christian victory.