Battle of Matapan

For the Second World War battle, see Battle of Cape Matapan.

Battle of Matapan
Part of the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War

Batalha Naval do Cabo Matapão, by António José Ramos, copy of the original painting made by João Dantas in 1812.
Date19 July 1717
Location
Off Cape Matapan, Mediterranean Sea
Result Catholic victory[1][2][3]
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Pasha
Strength
34 ships
24 galleys
1 frigate		 22 ships
21 frigates
9 galleys
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Matapan, also known as the Battle of Cape Matapan, took place on 19 July 1717 off the Cape Matapan, on the coast of the Mani Peninsula, now in southern Greece. The naval battle was between the Armada Grossa of the Republic of Venice, supported by a mixed squadron of allied ships from Portugal, the Papal States and Malta, and the Ottoman fleet, under Kapudan Pasha Eğribozli Ibrahim Pasha.

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