 In mid-1616 a Spanish fleet under the command of Captain Don Francisco de Rivera y Medina sailed from the Spanish Kingdom of Sicily to Eastern Mediterranean waters in order to undertake privateering against Ottoman vessels and ports in the area between Cyprus and the region of Çukurova.It was composed of 5 galleons and a patache.These ships were the 52-gun "Concepción", flagship of Rivera; the 34-gun "Almirante", commanded by alférez Serrano; the 27-gun "Buenaventura", under Don Ínigo de Urquiza; the 34-gun "Carretina", commanded by Balmaseda; the 30-gun "San Juan Bautista", commanded by Juan Cereceda; and the 14-gun patache "Santiago" under Gazarra.