Action of 26 May 1646
Coordinates: 40°01′N 26°09′E / 40.02°N 26.15°E
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This battle took place on 26 May 1646 at the mouth of the Dardanelles Strait.[1] The Ottoman fleet under Kapudan Pasha Kara Musa Pasha, tried to defeat the Venetian fleet, under , that was blockading the Dardanelles. After seven hours, the Ottoman fleet withdrew back into the Strait. Several Turkish ships were damaged, but none lost.
Ships involved[]
Venice[]
- 7 sailing ships
Turkey[]
- 5 galleasses
- 75 galleys
References[]
- ^ Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1991), Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century, DIANE Publishing, ISBN 0-87169-192-2, p139
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