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Battle of Lepanto

7th October 1571 (1571/10/16 NS)
Fought at : Gulf of Patras - Ionion Sea
Part of : Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570 - 1573)

 

Allied (Venice, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, Republic of Genoa, Malta & Spain) -
Don Juan de AustriaSpanish
Naval Sailor
Service 1568-1572

 
The Left Wing,
Agostino BarbarigoVenetian
Naval Sailor
Service 1518-1571

53 galleys (39 Venetian, 12 Spanish and Neapolitan, 1 Papal, 1 Genoese), 2 Venetian galleasses.

All carrying a yellow pennant on each foreyard.

Ship NameCommanderNotes
Galleass of Ambrogio Bragadin (Unknown) 1571-1571
Venetian Unknown Gun
Unrated Galleasse
Ambrogio BragadinVenetian
Naval Sailor
Service 1571
Galleass of Antonio Bragadin (33) 1571-1571
Venetian 33 Gun
Unrated Galleasse
Antonio BragadinVenetian
Naval Sailor
Service 1571
 
The Center Division,
Don Juan de AustriaSpanish
Naval Sailor
Service 1568-1572

62 galleys (29 Venetian, 8 Genoese, 15 Spanish and Neopolitan, 6 Papal, 3 Maltese/Knights Hospitaller), 2 Venetian galleasses

Carrying a blue pennant

Ship NameCommanderNotes
Real (9) 1568-1572
Spanish 9 Gun
Unrated Galley
Don Juan de AustriaSpanish
Naval Sailor
Service 1568-1572
Squadron Flagship
Galleass of Jacopo Guero (23) 1571-1571
Venetian 23 Gun
Unrated Galleasse
Jacopo GuoroVenetian
Naval Sailor
Service 1571
Galleass of Francesco Duodo (28) 1571-1571
Venetian 28 Gun
Unrated Galleasse
Francesco DuodoVenetian
Naval Sailor
Service 1571
 
The Right Wing,
Giovana Andrea DoriaGenovese
Naval Sailor
Service 1555

53 galleys (25 Venetian, 10 Spanish and Neopolitan, 16 Genoese, 2 Papal), 2 Venetian galleasses.

Carrying a green pennant

Ship NameCommanderNotes
Galleass of Andrea da Cesaro (Unknown) 1571-1571
Venetian Unknown Gun
Unrated Galleasse
Andrea da CesareVenetian
Naval Sailor
Service 1571
Galleass of Pietro Pisani (35) 1571-1571
Venetian 35 Gun
Unrated Galleasse
Pietro PisaniVenetian
Naval Sailor
Service 1571
 
The Reserve,

30 galleys (12 Venetian, 13 Spanish and Neopolitan, 3 Papal, 2 Genoese) 

White Pennant

Ship NameCommanderNotes
 
The Vanguard,
Giovani Antonio de CardonaSpanish
Naval Sailor

Attached to the Reserve

8 Galleys (4 Venetian, 4 Scicilian)

Ship NameCommanderNotes
 

Allied (Regency of Algiers, Egypt, Greece & Ottoman Empire) -
Müezzinzade Ali PashaTurkish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1563-1571

 
The Left Wing,
Ali UluçTurkish
Naval Sailor
Service 1519-1587

61 galleys (14 Consantinople, 14 Algerian, 6 Syrian, 13 Anatolian, 14 Negroponte, 19 Constantinople)

32 galliots (19 Constntinople, 8 Albanian, 5 Anatolian)

Ship NameCommanderNotes
 
The Centre Division - First Line,
Müezzinzade Ali PashaTurkish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1563-1571

62 Galleys (22 from Constantinople, 12 from Rhodes, 13 Black Sea, 4 from Gallipoli, 11 Negroponte)

Ship NameCommanderNotes
 
The Centre Division - Second Line

25 Galleys (12 Constantinople, 6 Tripoli, 7 Gallipoli) and 8 Galiots

Ship NameCommanderNotes
 
The Right Wing,
Mahomet SiroccoTurkish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1525-1571

60 galleys (20 from Constantinople, 5 from Tripoli, 13 Anatolian, 22 Alexandrian) and 2 Alexandrian galiots.

Ship NameCommanderNotes
 
The Reserve,
Amuret TurgutTurkish
Naval Sailor
Service 1571

8 Galleys (4 Negroponte, 4 Anatolian), 22 Galiots

Ship NameCommanderNotes
 

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