Battle of Gerontas

Battle of Gerontas
Part of the Greek War of Independence

Plan of the battle
Date10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1824
Location
off Leros, Aegean Sea
37°12′7″N 27°10′12″E / 37.20194°N 27.17000°E / 37.20194; 27.17000
Result
  • Greek victory
  • Control of Samos secured
Belligerents
Greece First Hellenic Republic  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andreas Miaoulis
Dimitrios Papanikolis		 Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
Strength
70–75 warships (of them 9 fireships)
800 cannons		 1 battleship
18 frigates
14 corvettes
70 brigs and schooners
30 small craft
151 transports (most probable estimate), not all engaged[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown one 44–gun frigate destroyed
1,300 killed[2]
Tunisian admiral and one Egyptian colonel captured[3]
Battle of Gerontas is located in Aegean Sea
Battle of Gerontas
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Location within Aegean Sea
Battle of Gerontas is located in Turkey
Battle of Gerontas
Battle of Gerontas (Turkey)

The Battle of Gerontas (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Γέροντα) was a naval battle fought close to the island of Leros in the southeast Aegean Sea. On 10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1824, a Greek fleet of 75 ships defeated an Ottoman armada of 100 ships[4] contributed to by Egypt, Tunisia and Tripoli.

The Battle of Gerontas was one of the most decisive naval engagements of the Greek War of Independence and secured the island of Samos under Greek control.

  1. ^ Anderson, R. C. (1952). Naval Wars in the Levant 1559–1853. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 496. OCLC 1015099422.
  2. ^ Clodfelter, Micheal (May 9, 2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015, 4th ed. McFarland. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4766-2585-0.
  3. ^ Thomas Gordon, History of the Greek Revolution, t. 2 p.154-155
  4. ^ Zanakos, Avgoustinos (July 6, 2003). "H ναυμαχία του Γέροντα (The Battle of Gerontas)". To Vima (in Greek). Retrieved 2008-03-27.