| Raid on the Kerkennah Islands (1611) | |||||||
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| Part of Ottoman–Habsburg wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Spanish Empire Republic of Genoa.svg){kind=small} Order of St. John |
.svg){kind=small} Eyalet of Tunis | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Álvaro de Bazán y Benavides Ottavio d'Aragona | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 35 galleys | 1,200 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Minor |
680 dead 500 prisoners | ||||||
The raid on the Kerkennah Islands of 1611 was a naval attack by Spanish commander Álvaro de Bazán y Benavides against the Kerkennah Islands, in Ottoman Tunisia. It resulted in a victory of the Spanish and its Italian allies over the local Ottomans and Barbary corsairs.[1]