Battle of Palermo
Part of the Franco-Dutch War
Date June 2, 1676 Location Near Palermo Result French victory
Combatants
United Provinces , Spain	France
Commanders
Don Diego de Ibarra	Comte de Vivonne
Strength
17 Dutch + 10 Spanish ships of the line	28 ships of the line
Casualties
Dutch:3 ships ca 150 killed , Spanish:4 ships ca 500 killed	ca 50 killed

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Order of battle

France (Abraham Duquesne)

• 9 Warships
• 7 Galleys
• 5 Fire ships

Netherlands/Spain

• Vrijheid 50 (Adam van Brederode) - Sunk
• Stad en Lande 54 (Joris Andringa)
• Spiegel 70 (Gillis Schey)
• Provincie van Utrecht 60 (Jan de Jong)
• Steenbergen 68 (SbN Pieter van Middelandt) - Sunk
• Kraanvogel 46 (Jacob Willemszoon Broeder)
• Zuiderhuis 46 (Pieter de Sitter)
• Gouda 76 (Lt-Admiral Jan de Haan, killed)
• Leeuwen 50 (Frans Willem, Graaf van Stierum)
• Damiaten 34 (Isaac van Uitterwijk)
• Edam 34 (Cornelis van der Zaan)
• Groenwijf 36 (Juriaan Baak)
• Eendracht 76 (Vice-Admiral Gerard Callenburgh)
• Oosterwijk 60 (Jacob Teding van Berkhout)
• Harderwijk 46 (Mattheus Megang)
• Leiden 36 (Jan van Abkoude) - Sunk
• Wakende Boei 46 (Cornelis Tijloos)

10 or 12 Spanish ships:
Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Capitana Real) 64/74 (1000-1100 crew) Almirante Don Diego de Ibarra (killed) - blown up
Santiago (Nueva Real) 80
San Antonio de Napoles 44/46 (500 crew) - burnt
San Felipe 40/44 - burnt
San Carlo/Salvator delle Fiandre/San Salvador (Almiranta de Flandres) 40/42/48 (350 crew) - burnt
San Joaquin/San Juan 80
San Gabriel 40
Santa Ana 54/60 - probably burnt and salvaged
Nuestra Señora del Rosario 50
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe *
Nuestra Señora del Rosario y Las Animas *

Ships marked * are probable

19 Spanish galleys:
San Jose (Almirante Juan de Villaroel, killed) burnt
San Salvador burnt

References

http://www.marine.nl/historie/marinemuseum/Webspecials/Heldendaden/1675-1678/Palermo/ (In Dutch)