Action of 27 August 1661
| Action of 27 August, 1661 | |
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| Part of Cretan War (1645–1669) | |
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| 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 |
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.
Bibliography
- Anderson, R. C. (1952). Naval Wars in the Levant 1559–1853. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1991). Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-192-2.