Action of 26 May 1646

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.

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

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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