Battle of the Dardanelles (1657)

1657 naval battle

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Fourth Battle of the Dardanelles

Part of the Ottoman-Venetian War over Crete

Death of Lazzaro Mocenigo, by Giuseppe Lorenzo Gatteri
| Date| 17–19 July 1657

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Location|

Dardanelles Straits, NE Aegean Sea

40°12′N 26°24′E﻿ / ﻿40.2°N 26.4°E﻿ / 40.2; 26.4
Result|  Ottoman Victory
Belligerents
Republic of Venice
Order of Saint John
Papal States|  Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Lazzaro Mocenigo †|  Köprülü Mehmed Pasha
Strength
29 sailing ships
7 galeasses
31 galleys|  28 sailing ships
9 galleasses
10 galleys

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Cretan War (1645–1669)

Crete

* 1st Chania
* Rethymno
* Candia
* 2nd Chania

Dalmatia

* Perast

Naval operations

* 26 May 1646
* Chania
* Focchies
* 10 July 1651
* 1st Dardanelles
* 2nd Dardanelles
* 3rd Dardanelles
* 3 May 1657
* 18 May 1657
* 4th Dardanelles
* Lemnos
* Kalamata
* 27 August 1661
* 29 September 1662

The Fourth Battle of the Dardanelles in the Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War took place between 17 and 19 July 1657 outside the mouth of the Dardanelles Strait. The Ottomans succeeded in breaking the Venetian blockade over the Straits.

## Ships involved

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### Venice and allies

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Several ships were hired Dutch

Aquila Coronata (Dutch Kronede Arend)
San Giorgio (Zorzi) grande (Dutch Groote Sint Joris)
Paramore
Profeta Elia
Rosa Moceniga
Zardin d'Olanda (Hollandsche Tuyn)
Tamburlano
Principessa Reale
Principe di Venezia
Piccola Fortuna
Principessa grande
Principessa piccola
Gallo d'Oro
7 other sailing ships
7 galleasses
4 galleys - flag galley, under Mocenigo, blew up the next day

### Ottoman Empire

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18 sailing ships - 4 lost, 1 captured
10 galleasses - 1 sunk, 1 captured and several burnt about 3 days later
30 galleys - 1 captured that day or the next day
many transports and smaller vessels nearby

## References

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* Anderson, R. C. (1952). Naval Wars in the Levant 1559–1853. Princeton: Princeton University Press. OCLC 1015099422.
* Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1991). Venice, Austria, and the Turks in the Seventeenth Century. Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society. ISBN 0-87169-192-2.

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Battles involving the Ottoman Empire by era

Rise
(1299-1453)|

| Land battles|

* Kulaca Hisar
* Bapheus
* Dimbos
* Nicaea
* Pelekanon
* Demotika
* Gallipoli
* Ihtiman
* Adrianople
* Sırp Sındığı
* Samokov
* Maritsa
* Philadelphia
* Dubravnica
* Savra
* Pločnik
* Bileća
* Kosovo
* Kırkdilim
* Karanovasa
* Rovine
* Ohrid
* Nicopolis
* Ankara
* Çamurlu
* Thessalonica
* Golubac
* Novo Brdo
* Hermannstadt
* 1st Niš
* Zlatitsa
* Kunovica
* Torvioll
* Varna
* 1st Mokra
* Otonetë
* 1st Oranik
* 2nd Kosovo
* Polog
* Constantinople

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Naval battles|

* Gallipoli

Classical Age
(1453-1550)|

| Land battles|

* Leskovac
* Krusevac
* 2nd Oranik
* 1st Belgrade
* Albulena
* Târgoviște
* 2nd Mokra
* Ohrid
* Vaikal
* Meçad
* Otlukbeli
* Vaslui
* Valea Albă
* Shkodra
* Breadfield
* Una
* Adana
* Cătlăbuga
* Vrpile
* Krbava
* Dubica
* Çaldıran
* Turnadag
* Algiers
* Koçhisar
* Mercidabık
* Han Yunus
* Ridanieh
* Jajce
* Tlemcen
* 1st Mohács
* Peñón of Algiers
* Leobersdorf
* Gorjani
* Baghdad
* Algiers
* Pest
* Esztergom
* Karagak
* Sokhoista

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Naval battles|

* Zonchio
* Modon
* Balearic
* Diu
* 1st Jeddah
* Formentera
* Tunis
* Preveza
* Girolata
* Alborán
* Ponza
* Strait of Hormuz
* Gulf of Oman
* Djerba

Transformation
(1550-1700)|

| Land battles|

* Tlemcen
* Temesvár
* Palast
* Fez
* Tadla
* Tlemcen
* Mostaganem
* Krupa
* Szigeth
* Fez
* Gvozdansko
* Çıldır
* Torches
* Alcácer Quibir
* 1st Brest
* Bihać
* Sisak
* Banat
* Călugăreni
* Giurgiu
* 2nd Brest
* Keresztes
* Nagykanizsa
* Sufiyan
* Tashiskari
* Cecora
* 1st Khotyn
* Candia
* Köbölkút
* Jurjeve Stijene
* 1st Zrínyiújvár
* 2nd Zrínyiújvár
* Novi Zrin
* Jijel
* Saint Gotthard
* Ładyżyn
* Krasnobród
* Niemirów
* Komarno
* 2nd Khotyn
* Lwów
* Trembowla
* 2nd Vienna
* Párkány
* Buda
* Vác
* Eperjes
* Kassa
* Vrtijeljka
* 2nd Mohács
* Crimea
* Negroponte
* Batočina
* 2nd Niš
* Zernest
* Egri Palanka
* Slankamen
* Hodów
* Ustechko
* Moulouya
* Lugos
* Ulaş
* Azov
* Zenta

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Naval battles|

* Cyprus
* Lepanto
* Tunis
* Cape Corvo
* Cape Celidonia
* Focchies
* 1st Dardanelles
* 2nd Dardanelles
* 3rd Dardanelles
* 4th Dardanelles
* Algiers
* Algiers
* Algiers
* Mytilene
* Oinousses
* Andros
* Samothrace

Old Regime
(1700-1789)|

| Land battles|

* Chelif
* Oran
* Pruth
* Petrovaradin
* 2nd Belgrade
* Kurijan
* Samarra
* Kirkuk
* Yeghevārd
* Ganja
* Banja Luka
* Grocka
* Perekop
* 1st Ochakov
* Stavunchany
* 1st Kars
* Khresili
* Aspindza
* Larga
* Kagul
* Kozludzha
* Kinburn
* 2nd Ochakov
* Mehadia
* Karánsebes

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Naval battles|

* Imbros
* Matapan
* Çeşme
* Patras
* 1st Kerch Strait
* 2nd Ochakov
* Fidonisi

Modernization
(1789-1908)|

| Land battles|

* Focșani
* Rymnik
* Giurgiu
* Izmail
* Măcin
* Shubra Khit
* Pyramids
* 1st Acre
* Mount Tabor
* Abukir
* Heliopolis
* Derna
* Arpachai
* Batin
* Slobozia
* Al-Safra
* Jeddah
* Čegar
* Alamana
* Gravia
* Erzurum
* Valtetsi
* Doliana
* Lalas
* Drăgășani
* Sculeni
* Vasilika
* Peta
* Dervenakia
* Karpenisi
* Arachova
* Kamatero
* Phaleron
* Petra
* 2nd Kars
* Varna
* Akhaltsikhe
* Kulevicha
* Algiers
* 2nd Acre
* Hims
* Konya
* Nezib
* Akhaltsikhe
* Başgedikler
* Kurekdere
* Oltenița
* Eupatoria
* Chernaya
* 3rd Kars
* Al-Hasa
* Kızıl Tepe
* Shipka Pass
* Plevna
* Aladzha
* 4th Kars
* Philippopolis
* Taşkesen
* Novšiće
* Ulcinj
* Mouzaki
* Al Wajbah
* Velestino
* Domokos

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Naval battles|

* Andros
* 2nd Kerch Strait
* Tendra
* Kaliakra
* 5th Dardanelles
* 6th Dardanelles
* Athos
* Algiers
* Nauplia
* Samos
* Gerontas
* Navarino
* Sinop

* For 20th-century battles before 1914 see List of Ottoman battles in the 20th century
* For the battles during World War I see List of Ottoman battles in World War I

Ottoman victories are in italics.
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