User:Peter Isotalo/Genoa
| Battle of Genoa | |||||||
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| Part of Franco-Spanish War (1635–59) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of France |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| François de Vignerot | Rodrigo Gutierez de Velasco | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 15 galleys |
15 galleys 3,000 ship infantry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 ships c. 2,000 killed |
6 ships c. 4,000 killed | ||||||
The battle of Genoa was a naval battle between galley fleets of France and Spain off Genoa (present-day Italy).
Sources
[edit]- Bamford, Paul W. (1974) Fighting ships and prisons: the Mediterranean Galleys of France in the Age of Louis XIV. Cambridge University Press, London. ISBN 0-8166-0655-2