"Battle of Palermo"@en . "The naval Battle of Palermo took place on 2 June 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War, between a French force led by Abraham Duquesne, sent to support a revolt in the city of Messina against the Spanish rule in Sicily, and a Spanish force supported by a Dutch maritime expedition force. Largely because the Dutch and Spanish ships were at bay making repairs from an earlier battle, the French fleet destroyed four Spanish and three Dutch ships with fireships."@en . . . "17 Dutch + 10 Spanish ships of the line" . "28 ships of the line" . . . "French victory" . . . "1676-06-02Z"^^ . "Dutch: 3 ships, about 250 killed; Spanish: 4 ships, about 2000 killed" .