Battle of Las Palmas

Battle of Las Palmas
Part of Anglo–Spanish War (1585)
Date October, 1595 Location Off Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Francis Drake John Hawkins	Alonso Alvarado Antonio Pamochamoso
Strength
6 Royal galleons 21 men of war 14 pinnaces 2 flatboats[1]	Coastal Forts and batteries
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of las Palmas was an unsuccessful English naval expedition in 1595 during the Anglo-Spanish War against the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. The English Fleet was originally directed towards Puerto Rico, but had taken a detour in hopes of an easy victory and taking supplies. The English expeditionary fleet under Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins, and Sir Thomas Baskerville failed to achieve victory^[2] and was forced to withdraw from the Canary Islands towards the Spanish Caribbean, where Francis Drake died of dysentery at Mosquito Gulf.^[3]