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style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>23–25 May 1612</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/La_Goulette" title="La Goulette">Halq al-Wadi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Spanish victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kingdom_of_Sicily_naval_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Kingdom_of_Sicily_naval_flag.svg/23px-Kingdom_of_Sicily_naval_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Kingdom_of_Sicily_naval_flag.svg/35px-Kingdom_of_Sicily_naval_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Kingdom_of_Sicily_naval_flag.svg/46px-Kingdom_of_Sicily_naval_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2363" data-file-height="1252" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Kingdom of Sicily</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg.png 2x" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Action_of_10_April_1757&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Action of 10 April 1757 (page does not exist)">Cala Figuera</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action_of_24_November_1757&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Action of 24 November 1757 (page does not exist)">Palamós</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Palos_(1758)" title="Battle of Cape Palos (1758)">Cape Palos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Melilla_(1774%E2%80%931775)" title="Siege of Melilla (1774–1775)">2nd Melilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish-Algerian_war_(1775-1785)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish-Algerian war (1775-1785)">Spanish-Algerian War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Algiers_(1775)" title="Invasion of Algiers (1775)">1st Algiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Algiers_(1783)" title="Bombardment of Algiers (1783)">2nd Algiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Algiers_(1784)" title="Bombardment of Algiers (1784)">3rd Algiers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ceuta_(1790%E2%80%931791)" title="Siege of Ceuta (1790–1791)">3rd Ceuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombardment_of_Tangier_(1791)" title="Bombardment of Tangier (1791)">Tangier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Oran_(1790%E2%80%931792)" title="Siege of Oran (1790–1792)">4th Oran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The <b>Action of May 1612</b> was a raid which took place on the night of 23 or 25 May 1612 when a force of <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicilian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Neapolitan</a> <a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galleys</a> attacked some Tunisian vessels at <a href="/wiki/La_Goulette" title="La Goulette">La Goulette</a>, northern <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>. 7, or perhaps 9 or 10, Tunisian sailing ships were destroyed, while several smaller vessels were captured. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ships_involved">Ships involved</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action_of_May_1612&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ships involved"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allies">Allies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Action_of_May_1612&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Allies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Sicily (Ottavio d'Aragona Tagliavia)</b><br /> 6 galleys </p><p><b>Naples (Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquess of Santa Cruz)</b><br /> 7 galleys </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tunisia">Tunisia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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