Action of 27 August 1661
Naval battle of the Cretan War
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 | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
20 galleys 2 galleasses | 36 galleys | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown | 5 galleys sunk 4 galleys captured |
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Cretan War (1645–1669)
- Crete
- 1st Chania
- Rethymno
- Candia
- 2nd Chania
- Dalmatia
- Perast
- Naval operations
- 26 May 1646
- Chania
- Focchies
- 10 July 1651
- 1st Dardanelles
- 2nd Dardanelles
- 3rd Dardanelles
- 3 May 1657
- 18 May 1657
- 4th Dardanelles
- Lemnos
- Kalamata
- 27 August 1661
- 29 September 1662
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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