Battle of Doro Passage

Battle of Doro Passage
Part of Aegean Anti-Piracy Operation
Greek pirates attacking the British merchant ship Comet
Date 16 October 1827 Location Doro Passage, Aegean Sea Result American forces recover Comet
Belligerents
United States	Greek pirates
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Cooper Louis M. Goldsborough	unknown
Strength
1 schooner	1 brig 5 mistikos
Casualties and losses
unknown	~85 killed or wounded 1 brig captured
The British brig was captured by the pirates and liberated by the Americans.

The Battle of Doro Passage was a naval engagement during the United States Navy's operation against Greek pirates in the Aegean Sea. On October 16, 1827 a British merchant ship was attacked by pirates in Doro Passage off the islands of Andros and Negroponte but was retaken by American sailors.^[1][2][3]