form of damage and some were fighting to stay afloat, while the English edging away from the coast still in convoy formation, headed West. Aftermath The battle, which had lasted nearly five hours, had ended and the galleys withdrew immediately to the nearest port in Sicily for repairs. In order to get keep his flagship afloat, Leyva had to lash three of his seriously damaged galleys together, including his own in order to keep them from sinking. After fending off the Spanish attack, the English counted the costs but found very little, they had only two killed and fifteen wounded principally from the Susan and there was no serious damage to any of their ships. They put into Algiers for supplies, and then successfully ran the gauntlet of a second group of Spanish galleys which was waiting for them in the Gibraltar straits. No fight took place here as the English sailed through with the help of a heavy mist; as the galleys saw them they tried to catch up, but it was too late. The English returned home safely and news of the battle soon reached Cairo where the Company men were in conference on agreeing trade there, they received the news with alarm but were ecstatic with the results. Learning from the battle they agreed to use exactly the same military strategy for every Levant Company trading mission. The Levant company now knew what to do when entering hostile waters most notably in the Strait of Gibraltar. Here in 1590 an attempt was made by the Spanish on the same company ships but were repelled and again nearly a year later, that led to the same outcome. As a result of the battle the Royal Navy found heavy use of the Levant company ships. In terms of fighting it was a huge test for the future of the fighting ship of the line and the 'death knell' of the war galley. See also Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar (1590) Battle of the Strait of Gibraltar (1591) Operation Corkscrew References Citations Bibliography Naval battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) Conflicts in 1586 Naval battles involving Spain Naval battles involving the Knights Hospitaller Naval battles involving England 1586 in Europe 1586 in the British Empire 1586 in the Spanish Empire 1586 in Italy 16th-century military history of Spain