battle, early modern
Bombardment of Algiers
Bombardment of Algiers was a battle fought in 1784 at Algiers, in what is now Algeria. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Algiers. It was part of the Spanish–Algerian War, which ran from 1775 to 1786. The recorded result: Algerian victory. Recorded strength: 9 ships of the line; 11 frigates; 14 xebecs; 90 smaller warships against 4,000 volunteers; 70 galiots and gunboats.
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Record
| Date | 1784 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Algiers, Algeria 36.776N, 3.059E | |
| Kind | Battle, early modern | |
| Strength | 9 ships of the line; 11 frigates; 14 xebecs; 90 smaller warships | 4,000 volunteers; 70 galiots and gunboats |
| Casualties and losses | 1 felucca sunk; 1 gunboat destroyed; 53 killed; 64 wounded | Most of the vessels in the harbour sunk |
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Nearest engagements
- Invasion of Algiers in 1830 1830, same recorded site
- Siege of Algiers 1598, same recorded site
- Action of 8 May 1918 1918, same recorded site
- Siege of Algiers 1510, same recorded site
- Bombardment of Algiers 1816, 0.1 km E
In the same war
- Before: Bombardment of Algiers 1783
Elsewhere in 1784
- Kettle War France
- Venetian bombardments of the Beylik of Tunis Tunisia
- Moroccan seizure of the Betsey Spain
- Algerian–Portuguese naval clashes
- Battle of Mudeford United Kingdom
Bombardment of Algiers is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 155 in present-day Algeria.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4940494, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Bombardment of Algiers (1784), revision 1370604986, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.