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The 19th century saw further decline in Ottoman naval power, despite occasional recovery. Following the defeat against the combined British-French-Russian fleet at the Battle of Navarino in 1827, Sultan Mahmud II gave priority to develop a strong and modern Ottoman naval force. The first steam ships of the Ottoman Navy were acquired in 1828.
In the early 19th century, the US fought the Barbary Wars against the Barbary states, which were under Ottoman suzerainty.. In 1825, during the Greek War of Independence and Greek civil wars of 1823-1825, the U.S. Navy conducted anti-piracy operations in the Aegean Sea.
Giovanni Pietro Contarini's History of the Events, which occurred from the Beginning of the War Brought against the Venetians by Selim the Ottoman, to the Day of the Great and Victorious Battle against the Turks was published in 1572, a few months after Lepanto. It was the first comprehensive account of the war, and the only one to attempt a ...
First Ottoman naval forces are stationed on Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia 1569 Landings at Sumatra in Indonesia 1569 Battle of Gozo 1570 Conquest of Cyprus from the Republic of Venice, sieges of Nicosia and Famagusta: 1570–1571 Reconquest of Dalmatia from the Republic of Venice 1571 Landings at Corfu 1571 Battle of Lepanto: 1571
After Selim's rejection of the ultimatum, a British squadron under Vice Admiral John Thomas Duckworth entered the Dardanelles on 19 February 1807 and destroyed an Ottoman naval force in the Sea of Marmara, and anchored opposite Constantinople. With French assistance the Ottomans erected powerful batteries and strengthened their fortifications. [2]
The Battle of Focchies was a significant naval engagement that took place on 12 May 1649, in the harbour of Focchies, Smyrna between a Venetian force of nineteen warships under the command of Giacomo da Riva, and an Ottoman force of eleven warships, ten galleasses, and seventy-two galleys, with the battle resulting in a crushing victory for the Venetian fleet.
This list includes Fleet Commanders (Turkish: Donanma Komutanı) of the Ottoman Navy. [ 1 ] On March 13, 1867, the title of Kapudan Pasha ( list ) was abolished, and the Naval Minister ( Bahriye Nazırı ) and the Fleet Commander ( Donanma Komutanı ) were instituted.
Pirates from the Ottoman Empire (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Naval history of the Ottoman Empire" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.