Battle of Lissa

When

20 Jul 1866

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

43.18° N, 16.05° E

Description

1866 naval battle where an Austrian fleet defeated an Italian fleet, also the first major sea battle between ironclads

Naval

yes

Third Italian War of Independence naval battle

The Battle of Lissa was fought on 20 July 1866 between the Italian and Austrian navies near the island of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea during the Third Italian War of Independence. An Italian fleet under Admiral Carlo Pellion di Persano engaged an Austrian fleet led by Vice-Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff in an attempt to break Austria's naval dominance in the Adriatic.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Austro-Prussian War: Naval Battle of Lissa – The Austrian fleet under Wilhelm von Tegetthoff defeats the Italian fleet of Carlo di Persano”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die österreichische Flotte unter Wilhelm von Tegetthoff besiegt mittels Rammtaktik die zahlenmäßig überlegene italienische Marine in der Seeschlacht von Lissa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la flotte italienne est battue à Lissa par les Autrichiens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “普墺戦争: リッサ海戦”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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• Third Italian War of Independence20 Jun 1866 · War of independence