Action of 1595

Action of 1595
Date June or July 1595 Location off Longina Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Order of Saint John	Ottoman Empire
Strength
5 galleys	3 galleys

The Action of 1595 was an indecisive naval battle between forces of Malta, then under the protection of the Order of Saint John, and Bizerte, then part of the Ottoman Empire.

The battle took place in late June or early July 1595, after five Maltese galleys sailed south from Syracuse and encountered three Bizertine galleys off Longina. Two Maltese galleys failed to engage and the Bizertines escaped. There was some damage on both sides.

Ships involved

Malta

• Capitana
• San Fede
• San Croce
• Vittoria
• San Placido

Bizerte

3 galleys

References

• Anderson, R. C. Naval Wars in the Levant 1559-1853 (1952).