 Kemal Reis continued to land his troops in Andalucia and tried to stop the Spanish advance by bombarding the ports of Elche, Almeria and Málaga.In 1495 Kemal Reis was made an admiral of the Ottoman Navy by Sultan Bayezid II who ordered the construction of his large flagship, "Göke", which could carry 700 soldiers and was armed with the strongest cannons of that period.Two large galleys of this type were built, one for Kemal Reis and the other for Burak Reis.