Capture of La Mámora
| Capture of La Mámora | |
|---|---|
| Part of the La Mamora, Morocco | |
| Result | Spanish victory |
| Territorial changes | Capture of La Mamora |
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4 destroyed
The Capture of La Mámora was a successful Spanish raid, commanded by Admiral
Background
By the year 1604, after the
By the summer of 1614, both the Dutch and the Spanish, had ambitions to seize the town. The Dutch Admiral,
Operation
In August 1614, an expeditionary force of 20 warships was sent across the Straits under the command of Luis Fajardo.[2] With most of the corsairs absent, only a few remained to defend the city, they sank two ships at the harbor to prevent the Spanish invaders from swooping in. Spanish guns started decimating the spars and yards that blocked the entrance, and the corsairs found themselves forced to torch their ships and flee. Once they were gone, the Spaniards seized control of the pirate haven.[3]
Aftermath
Renamed San Miguel de Ultramar , it would remain under Spanish rule for 67 years, until 1681, when the Alawite Sultan Ismaíl of Morocco recaptures it.
References
- ^ Senior 1976, p. 29.
- ^ Goodman, David (2003). Spanish Naval Power, 1589–1665: Reconstruction and Defeat. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Vallar, Cindy. "Sir Henry Mainwaring, Pirate, Pirate Hunter, and Royalist." Pirates and Privateers: the History of Maritime Piracy. 2009.
Literature
- Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1895). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón, vol. III, Madrid, pp. 331-3.
- Henry de Castries (1907). Les sources inédites de l'histoire du Maroc, vol. II, Paris.
- Senior, Clive M. (1976). A Nation of Pirates. ISBN 0-7153-7264-5.