Battle of Cape Corvo

When

Aug 1613

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

38.57° N, 26.48° E

Description

1613 Spanish-Ottoman naval battle

Naval

yes

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Ottoman - Habsburg naval battle in 1613

The Battle of Cape Corvo was a naval engagement of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars fought as part of the struggle for the control of the Mediterranean. It took place in August 1613 near the island of Samos when a Spanish squadron from Sicily, under Admiral Ottavio d'Aragona, engaged an Ottoman fleet led by Sinari Pasha.

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