Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca (; 7 February 1762 - 1 August 1798) was an officer of the French Navy in the 18th century. Casabianca distinguished himself in the Royal French Navy, was a deputy for Corsica at the National Convention, then became member of the Council of Five Hundred. He was the commander of flagship "Orient", which transported Napoleon across the Mediterranean during his expedition to Egypt. During the Battle of the Nile of 1 August 1798, where Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson destroyed the French fleet in Aboukir Bay, Casabianca fought heroically until his death. During the course of battle, he
Battle of Gibraltar (1607) of swimming Spanish sailors. The Dutch lost 100 men including admiral Van Heemskerk. Sixty Dutch were wounded. Depending on the sources, most or all of the Spanish ships were lost and between 3500 and 4000 Spaniards killed or captured. Álvarez de Ávila was amongst the dead. The battle resulted in a 12-year truce in which the Dutch Republic achieved de facto recognition by the Spanish Crown. Battle of Gibraltar (1607) The naval Battle of Gibraltar took place on 25 April 1607 during the Eighty Years' War when a Dutch fleet surprised and engaged a Spanish fleet anchored at the Bay