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The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras.
This is the order of battle during the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571 in which the Holy League deployed 6 galleasses and 206 galleys, while the Ottoman forces numbered 216 galleys and 56 galliots.
The Battle of Lepanto (Spanish: La Batalla de Lepanto [1]) is a painting by Filipino painter [1] and revolutionary activist Juan Luna.Along with Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, Luna is one of the first Filipinos to excel and earn recognition in the international field of arts and culture.
The Battle of Lepanto 1571, engraved by Martin Rota. Battle of Lepanto from Famous Sea Fights by John R Hale. Both sides sought the decisive engagement, for which they had amassed, according to some estimates, between 70 and 90 percent of all galleys in existence in the Mediterranean at the time. [51]
Real and the Turkish galley Sultana, Ali Pasha's flagship, engaged in direct deck-to-deck combat very soon after the start of the battle. Sultana was boarded and after about one hour of bloody fighting, with reinforcements being supplied to both ships by supporting galleys of the two respective fleets, captured.
The Battle of Lepanto resulted in the defeat of the Ottoman fleet by the Holy League. As a result Greek-Venetian activities reached a new momentum and the leaders of the Orthodox Greek communities continued to invest their resources and energy for the purpose of uprooting Ottoman rule.
On 7 October 1571, the coalition's fleet under the command of Don Juan of Austria decisively defeated the Ottoman fleet under Müezzinzade Ali Pasha in the Battle of Lepanto. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha immediately ensured that Piyale Pasha and Uluç Ali Reis , the new Grand Admiral, were provided with all the necessary means and resources to rebuild ...
Mehmed Siroco was appointed admiral in command of the Turkish right at the Battle of Lepanto (1571). [6] [7] [8] Fighting the Lega Santa led by Admiral Agostino Barbarigo, he was known as the most aggressive attacker of the battle. [4] [9] He was wounded and killed in action when he struggled against Venetians at the Battle of Lepanto, as was ...