| Battle of Chioggia | |||||||
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| Part of the War of Chioggia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Republic of Genoa |
 Republic of Venice | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Pietro Doria † Matteo Maruffo |
Carlo Zeno Vettor Pisani Doge Andrea Contarini | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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23 galleys under Pietro Doria Genoese reinforcements[1] | 34 galleys under Pisani and Contarini, 14 galleys under Zeno[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Destruction of much of the Genoese fleet[3] 4,000 men captured[3] 17 galleys captured[3] | _ | ||||||
The Battle of Chioggia was a naval battle during the War of Chioggia that culminated on June 24, 1380 in the lagoon off Chioggia, Italy, between the Venetian and the Genoese fleets.[4] The Genoese, commanded by Admiral Pietro Doria, had captured the little fishing port in August the preceding year.[4]
The port was of no consequence, but its location at an inlet to the Venetian Lagoon threatened Venice at her very doorstep. The Venetians, under Vettor Pisani and Doge Andrea Contarini, were victorious thanks in part to the fortunate arrival of Carlo Zeno at the head of a force from the east.[4][5] The Venetians both captured the town and turned the tide of the war in their favor. A peace treaty signed in 1381 in Turin gave no formal advantage to Genoa or Venice, but it spelled the end of their long competition: Genoese shipping was not seen in the Adriatic Sea after Chioggia.[6][5] This battle was also significant in the technologies used by the combatants.[7]
- ^ Sanderson, Michael W. B. Sea Battles: a Reference Guide. 1st American ed. Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press, 1975, p. 140.
- ^ Lane, Frederic Chapin. Venice, a Maritime Republic. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973, pp. 193–194
- ^ a b c Sanderson, Michael W. B. Sea Battles: a Reference Guide. 1st American ed. Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Press, 1975, p. 51.
- ^ a b c "Carlo Zeno". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015. Web. 10 Mar. 2015 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/656525/Carlo-Zeno>.
- ^ a b Pemsel, Helmut. A History of War At Sea : an Atlas and Chronology of Conflict At Sea From Earliest Times to the Present. [1st English language ed., fully rev.] [Annapolis, Md.]: Naval Institute Press, 1977.
- ^ Hattendorf, John B, and Richard W. Unger. War at Sea in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Rocherster, NY, 2003. Print.
- ^ Guilmartin, John Francis. "The Earliest Shipboard Gunpowder Ordnance: An Analysis of Its Technical Parameters and Tactical Capabilities." The Journal of Military History 71.3 (2007): 649-69. Web.