| Battle of Bayona Islands (1590) | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) | |||||||
 Photography of the Cies Islands by Alberto Pérez. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Provinces England |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Pedro de Zubiaur | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 14 ships[2] | 3 flyboats[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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14 ships captured (7 ships boarded)[3][4] (Flagship boarded and captured)[2] | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Bayona Islands, also known as the Battle of Bayona Bay, was a naval engagement that took place in early 1590, off Bayona Islands (present-day Cíes Islands), near Bayona (or Baiona) and Vigo, Spain, between a small Spanish naval force commanded by Captain Don Pedro de Zubiaur, and an Anglo-Dutch flotilla of 14 ships, during the Eighty Years' War, and in the context of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the French Wars of Religion.[2][4] After several hours of hard combat, the Spanish naval force composed of three flyboats achieved a great success, and the Anglo-Dutch fleet was totally defeated.[4] The flagship of the Dutch was boarded and captured, including another six ships more.[4] Finally, the rest of the Dutch fleet was forced to surrender.[2][5] Shortly after, Pedro de Zubiaur arriving at Ferrol, along with the captured ships, with great surprise for the Spanish authorities of the port.[2][4]
See also
- Cies Islands
- English Armada
- Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar (1590)
- Siege of Rheinberg (1586–1590)
- French Wars of Religion
- Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Notes
References
- Arsenal, León./Prado, Fernando. Rincones De Historia Española. Editorial EDAF S.L. Madrid 2008. ISBN 978-84-414-2050-2 (in Spanish)
- Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1898). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. Vol. III. Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval. Madrid. (in Spanish)
- Extractos de las juntas celebradas por la Real Sociedad Bascongada de los amigos del país, en la villa de Bilbao por julio de 1790. Vitoria. 1790. (in Spanish)
- Gracia Rivas, Manuel. En el IV Centenario del fallecimiento de Pedro Zubiaur, un marino vasco del siglo XVI[permanent dead link]. Itsas Memoria. Untzi Museo Naval. San Sebastián 2006. (in Spanish)
- Rodríguez González, Agustín Ramón (2006). Victorias por Mar de los Españoles. Biblioteca de Historia. Grafite Ediciones. Madrid. ISBN 84-96281-38-8 (in Spanish)
External links
- Biografía de Don Pedro de Zubiaur (in Spanish)
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