Action of 27 August 1661

Naval battle of the Cretan War

Action of 27 August, 1661

Part of Cretan War (1645-1669)

Naval battle between the Turkish and Venetian fleets in 1661 (17th-century miniature)

Date	27 August 1661
Location	Milos, Greece
Result	Venetian-Hospitaller victory

Belligerents

Republic of Venice

Knights Hospitaller

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Giorgio Morosini

Ruffo

Unknown

Strength

20 galleys
2 galleasses

36 galleys

Casualties and losses

unknown

5 galleys sunk
4 galleys captured

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.