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Action of 27 August, 1661 | |||||||
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Part of Cretan War (1645-1669) | |||||||
Naval battle between the Turkish and Venetian fleets in 1661 (17th-century miniature) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Republic of Venice Knights Hospitaller | Ottoman Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Giorgio Morosini Ruffo | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20 galleys 2 galleasses | 36 galleys | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown |
5 galleys sunk 4 galleys captured |
Cretan War (1645–1669) | |
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Action of 27 August 1661 was a naval battle that took place on 27 August 1661 near Milos, Greece between the Republic of Venice and the Knights Hospitaller over the Ottoman Empire.
Ships involved
Venice/Malta
20 galleys and 2 galleasses
Turkey
36 galleys - 5 sunk, 4 captured
Result
The result was a victory for Venice and Malta over the Ottoman Empire.
References
- Anderson, R. C. (1952). Naval Wars in the Levant 1559–1853. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 1015099422.
- Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1991). Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-192-2.
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