✦ History

Bombardment of Algiers (1784)

July 12, 1784 · Algiers

Result Algerian victory

A Spanish-led allied fleet under Barceló bombarded Algiers for over a week but failed to stop its corsairs.

On the map Contemporaries

Spain

Regency of Algiers

Spain
Kingdom of Sicily
Knights Hospitaller
Kingdom of Naples
Portugal
Hospitaller Malta
Regency of Algiers
Antonio Barceló military commander Jose de Mazarredo y Salazar military commander
Baba Mohammed ben-Osman military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
53
Wounded
64
Ships lost
c. 1