Battle of Formentera

Battle of Formentera (1529)
Barbarossa galley in France 1543.
Date 1529 Location Formentera Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Rodrigo Portuondo †	Aydın Reis
Strength
8 galleys	unknown
Casualties and losses
7 galleys captured and soldiers taken as prisoner	unknown

The Battle of Formentara occurred on 28 October 1529 when an Ottoman fleet under Aydın Reis routed a small Spanish fleet of eight galleys off the island of Formentera near Ibiza.^[1][2]

Habsburg emperor Charles V had sent a small Spanish fleet of eight galleys under the Spanish commander of the Castilla fleet, Rodrigo Portuondo, to eliminate Barbary ships from Algiers under Caccia Diavolo which were raiding the coast of Valencia and ferrying Moriscos from Spain to Algeria.^[3]

Portuondo was killed in the battle, seven of his eight galleys were captured, and his soldiers were taken as slaves to the recently conquered city of Algiers.^[2]

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• Garnier, Edith L'Alliance Impie Editions du Felin, 2008, Paris ISBN 978-2-86645-678-8 Interview

Coordinates: 38°42′N 1°27′E / 38.700°N 1.450°E / 38.700; 1.450