Action of 26 May 1646

40°01′N 26°09′E / 40.02°N 26.15°E / 40.02; 26.15

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Cretan War (1645–1669)
1640s
  • 26 May
  • Candia
  • Focchies
1650s
  • 10 July
  • Perast
  • 1st Dardanelles
  • 2nd Dardanelles
  • 3rd Dardanelles
  • 3 May
  • 18 May
  • 4th Dardanelles
1660s
  • 27 August
  • 29 September

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 Tommaso Morosini, 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

  1. ^ 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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