Battle of Pinos

Battle of Pinos
Part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585)
Location of Isla de Pinos (called Isla de la Juventud since 1978) in Cuba.
Date 11 March 1596 Location Off the Island of Pinos (present-day Cuba) Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Baskerville	Bernardino de Avellaneda
Strength
14 warships[1]	13 galleons[1]
Casualties and losses
1 galleon captured 1 patache captured 325 killed or captured[2]	1 ship sunk 80 killed or wounded[2]

The Battle of Pinos was a naval engagement between a Spanish fleet under Admiral Bernardino Delgadillo y Avellaneda and the surviving ships of Francis Drake's expedition to the Spanish West Indies, now in command of Drake's lieutenant, Sir Thomas Baskerville, which took place off the Island of Pinos during the Anglo-Spanish war of 1585. The Spanish squadron was victorious, capturing two English ships.