Battle off Cape Gata

Battle off Cape Gata
Part of Second Barbary War
The Algerian Meshuda surrounded by an American fleet off Cape Gata
Date June 17, 1815 Location off Cape Gata (Spain), Mediterranean Sea Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Regency of Algiers
Commanders and leaders
Stephen Decatur, Jr.	Raïs Hamidou †
Strength
3 frigates 2 sloops 2 brigantines 2 schooners	1 frigate
Casualties and losses
10 killed 30 wounded[1]	30 killed Many wounded 406 captured 1 frigate captured

The Battle off Cape Gata, which took place June 17, 1815, off the south-east coast of Spain, was the first battle of the Second Barbary War. A squadron of U.S. vessels, under the command of Stephen Decatur, Jr., met and engaged the flagship of the Algerine Navy, the frigate Meshuda under Admiral Hamidou. After a sharp action, Decatur's squadron captured the Algerine frigate and won a decisive victory over the Algerines.^[2]