Naval battle of the Cretan War
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.