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This article is about the 1704 battle. For the 1937 battle, see Battle of Málaga.

Battle of Málaga
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
Image:Battle of Malaga, 1704.jpg The Battle of Malaga by Isaac Sailmaker. Oil on canvas, 1704.
Date August 24, 1704 Location near Málaga, Spain Result Indecisive
Combatants
France Spain	England United Provinces
Commanders
Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse	George Rooke
Strength
32 warships 6 frigates (3,577 guns)	53 ships of the line 6 frigates 7 fireships (3,614 guns)
Casualties
1,600 dead or wounded	3,000 dead

War of the Spanish Succession
Carpi – Chieri – Cremona – Luzzara – Cádiz – Málaga – Friedlingen – Vigo Bay – Höchstädt - Schellenberg – Blenheim – Cassano – Calcinato – Ramillies – Turin – Almansa – Toulon – Oudenarde – Malplaquet – Saragossa – Almenara – Brihuega – Villaviciosa – Denain – Barcelona

The Battle of Málaga (or Vélez-Málaga) took place on 24 August 1704 south of Málaga, Spain, when a combined English-Dutch fleet under English Admiral George Rooke indecisively engaged a French and Spanish fleet under Toulouse and d'Estrées.

[edit] Ships involved

[edit] England/Netherlands (George Rooke)

(90-gunners and above were 3-deckers)

[edit] Vanguard

• Prince George (flag of VA John Leake, captain Martin)
• Newark
• Boybe
• Norfolk
• Yarmouth (Hicks)
• Berwick
• Namur (96, Myngs)
• Barfleur (96, flag of Cloudesley Shovell, captain Stewart)
  
• Warspite (70)
• Orford (70, John Norris)
• Swiftsure (70)
• Lenox (70)
• Assurance (66)
• Nottingham (60)
• Tilbury (50)

[edit] Centre

• Royal Catherine (90, flag of George Rooke, captain Fletcher)
• St George (96, John Jennings)
• Shrewsbury (80, Crowe)
• Grafton (70, Andrew Leake)
• Nassau (70, Boyd)
• Eagle (70, Lord Hamilton)
• Monmouth (70, John Baker)
• Montagu (60)
• Panther (50)
• Kent (70, flag of Thomas Dilkes, captain Hanway)
• Cambridge (80)
• Royal Oak (76)
• Bedford (70, Thomas Hardy)
• Suffolk (70, Kirkton)
• Burford (70, Roffey)
• Monk (60, Mighells)
• Swallow (50, Haddock)
• Ranelagh (80, flag of George Byng, captain Cowe)
• Somerset (80)
• Dorsetshire (80, Edward Whitaker)
• Torbay (80, Caldwell)
• Essex (70)
• Le Ferme (70, ex-French, Wyld)
• Kingston (60, Acton)
• Triton (50, ex-French)
• Centurion (50)

[edit] Rear

• Albemarle (64, Dutch - Blew up 27 August on way back to Gibraltar)
• 11 other Dutch ships of the line (LA Callenberg and RA Vanderdussen)

[edit] Others

• 6 frigates
• Star (bomb)
• Terror (bomb)
• 7 fireships

some tenders

[edit] Total

3614 guns, 22543 men

[edit] France (Toulouse and d'Estrées)

• Sérieux (70, Chamelin)

[edit] Vanguard

• ? (flag of VA de Villette)

[edit] Centre

• Tonnant (flag of Toulouse)
• d'Estrées
• others

[edit] Rear

• ? flag of (RA de Langeron)
• others

[edit] Others

• 6 frigates
• 6 fireships
• 28 large galleys
• 5 tenders

[edit] Total

3577 guns, 24275 men