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Battle of Focchies

1649 CE · Turkey, Asia · War

Battle of Focchies
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The Battle of Focchies was a significant naval engagement that took place on 12 May 1649, in the harbour of Focchies, Smyrna between a Venetian fleet of nineteen warships under the command of Giacomo da Riva, and an Ottoman fleet of eleven warships, ten galleasses, and seventy-two galleys, with the battle resulting in a crushing victory for the Venetian fleet.

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