| Attack on Acre (1179) | |||||||
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| Part of the Crusades | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:City_of_Acre,_Israel_(aerial_view,_2005).jpg) Port of Acre | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Vexillum_Regni_Hierosolymae.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Jerusalem |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_Ayyubid_Dynasty.svg){kind=small} Ayyubid Dynasty | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Saladin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Many ships sunk or captured | 3 killed | ||||||
The attack on Acre in 1179 was a naval raid launched by the Ayyubid fleet of Saladin against the Crusader fortress of Acre. The Ayyubids attacked the fort and inflicted heavy damage on the port before retreating.