| Battle of Imbros | |||||||
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| Part of the Turkish-Venetian War of 1714–1718 | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Battle_of_imbros1717.jpg) A depiction of the Battle of Imbros | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_Most_Serene_Republic_of_Venice.svg){kind=small} Republic of Venice | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Ibrahim Pasha | Lodovico Flangini (DOW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 44 warships | 26 warships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown casualties, 6 ships badly damaged | 1,390 casualties, Colomba badly damaged | ||||||
| No ships were sunk in this action. | |||||||
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The Battle of Imbros was a naval clash that took place on 12, 13 and 16 June 1717 near Imbros in the Aegean Sea, between the sailing fleets of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. The outnumbered Venetian Armada Grossa, under the Capitano Straordinario delle Navi Lodovico Flangini, proved herself able to match a superior Turkish force under the Kapudan Pasha Hodja Ibrahim Pasha in a manoeuvred fight that lasted nearly ten days. The outcome of this tough battle was unclear, since both fleet retired to their bases badly damaged, after Flangini died of wounds on the 22nd.