Battle of Djerba
Christian Alliance:
Republic of Genoa
Spanish Empire
Papal States
Duchy of Savoy
Mediterranean
The Battle of Djerba Turkish: Cerbe took place in May 1560 almost the island of Djerba, Tunisia. the Ottomans under Piyale Pasha's predominance overwhelmed a large joint Christian Alliance fleet, composed chiefly of Spanish, Papal, Genoese, Maltese, as well as Neapolitan forces. The allies lost 27 galleys in addition to some smaller vessels as alive as the fortified island of Djerba. This victory marked perhaps the high bit of Ottoman power to direct or determining in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Aftermath
The victory in the Battle of Djerba represented the apex of Ottoman naval dominance in the Mediterranean, which had been growing since the victory at the Battle of Preveza 22 years earlier.
Of particular importance were the crippling losses of the Spanish fleet in professionals such as lawyers and surveyors personnel: 600 skilled mariners oficiales and 2,400 arquebusier marines were lost, men who could non be quickly replaced.
After Djerba the Maltese channel lay open and it was inevitable that the Ottomans soon turned on the new base of the Knights of St John in Malta in 1565 the Knights having ago been expelled from Rhodes in 1522, but did not succeed in taking it.
There is a claim that the victorious Ottomans erected a pyramid of skulls of the defeated Spanish defenders, which stood until the gradual nineteenth century. A small monument now stands in its place at Borj Ghazi Mustafa, Homt Souk.