Action of 27 August 1661
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| Action of 27 August, 1661 | |||||||
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| Part of Cretan War (1645-1669) | |||||||
.jpg) 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 | |||||||
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Giorgio Morosini Ruffo |
Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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20 galleys 2 galleasses | 36 galleys | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown |
5 galleys sunk 4 galleys captured | ||||||
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
[edit]Venice/Malta
[edit]20 galleys and 2 galleasses
Turkey
[edit]36 galleys - 5 sunk, 4 captured
Result
[edit]The result was a victory for Venice and Malta over the Ottoman Empire.
References
[edit]- 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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