Battle of Adramyttion | |||||||
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Part of the Crusades | |||||||
14th-century painting of a light galley, from an icon now at the Byzantine and Christian Museum at Athens | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Christian Naval League: Republic of Venice Knights Hospitaller Kingdom of Cyprus Papal States Kingdom of France | Beylik of Karasi | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Pietro Zeno | Yakhshi | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
34 galleys | |||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
150 ships destroyed, 5,000 soldiers killed |
The Battle of Adramyttion occurred in autumn 1334 between the fleets of a Christian naval league, headed by the Republic of Venice and the Knights Hospitaller, and of the Turkish beylik of Karasi. The battle was a Christian victory.